Combining sentences
Criminals hid in the streets. The streets were dark.
Criminals hid in the dark streets.
English physicist Frederick Blakewell gave the first demonstration of a working facsimile machine. The demonstration took place at the 1851 World’s Fair.
English physicist Frederick Blakewell gave the first demonstration at the 1851 World’s Fair of a working facsimile machine.
The paragraph is a series of sentences developing one topic.
paragraph
What are the three types of details used in the supporting sentences?
sensory details, facts and examples
What are the three elements that make a good paragraph?
unity, coherence and elaboration
People stayed indoors at night. Staying indoors was normally.
People normally stayed indoors at night.
The first patent for a facsimile machine was given in 1843 to Alexander Bain. He was a Scottish mechanic.
The first patent for a facsimile machine was given in 1843 to Alexander Bain, a Scottish mechanic.
The topic around which the entire paragraph is organized.
main idea
What type of details uses words that appeal to one or more of your five senses-sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell?
sensory details
Which element means that all sentences relate to the main idea?
unity
In the fifteenth century, some cities began to hang lanterns outside on winter nights. The cities were European.
In the fifteenth century, some European cities began to hang lanterns outside on winter nights.
Lionfish can injure people who touch them. Moon jellyfish can injure people who touch them.
Lionfish and moon jellyfish can injure people who touch them.
It states the main idea of the paragraph.
topic sentence
What type of detail is a statement that can be proved true by direct observations or by checking a reliable source?
fact
What does coherence mean?
It means that all of sentences in a paragraph logically fit together and follow a specific order.
Two hundred years later, New York City lit its streets with lamps hung on posts. The lamps contained oil.
Two hundred years later, New York City lit its streets with oil lamps hung on posts.
In the early twenties, the United States used telegraph lines to fax photographs to newspapers. Telegraph lines were used as the standard means of fax transmission.
In the early twenties, the United States used telegraph lines as the standard means of fax transmission to fax photographs to newspapers.
They give specific details that explain or prove the main idea.
supporting sentences
What type of detail is a specific illustration of a general idea?
example
What are the types of order?
chronological, logical, order of importance and spatial order
Neither of these efforts helped very much. These efforts were meant to lighting the streets.
Neither of these lightning efforts helped very much.
The rays of a lionfish are brightly colored. They contain a strong, painful venom.
The rays of a lionfish are brightly colored and contain a strong, painful venom.
What are the parts of a paragraph?
main idea, topic sentence, supporting sentences, clincher sentences
Which sentence summarizes the paragraph?
clincher sentence
Which order is used to write narratives, explain a process or explain cause and effect?
chronological order