INSTRUCTIONS: For each thesis statement below, write a set of supporting-idea sentences using words, phrases, and/or clauses contained in the thesis. Use the thesis statement’s topic as the grammatical subject of Sentences 1, 2, and 3. In the answer section, we include suggested responses.

The lifting of traditional price controls on grain increased the likelihood of revolution for three reasons: it deepened economic misery by making food more expensive; it encouraged pamphleteers to attack the king; and it highlighted the conspicuous consumption of the nobility.