1. Anecdotes - short stories based on a personal experience
2. Examples - provide a specific detail about an idea
3. Definitions - restatements that explain an unfamiliar word
4. Descriptions - create vivid mental images for the reader
Directions: Read the following paragraph and add your own elaborations. Try to use 2-3 of the types of elaborations listed above.
I like making rainbow loom bracelets. Making bracelets is so much fun! It is cool to make bracelets. You can make all kinds of things with rubber bands. I have lots of rubber band bracelets.