What is a Paragraph?
What do I put in my paragraph?
How do I organize my paragraph?
How do I write my paragraph?
I'm done. Now what?
100
Paragraphs are the_______________ of essays and papers.
Foundations
100
What is the most important ingredient in the paragraph? (Hint: It is the seed from which the paragraph grows)
Main Idea
100
Where can you find narration paragraphs most often?
Fiction books
100
What is the first step in writing a paragraph?
Deciding on a main idea and creating a topic sentence
100
Always________what you have written.
Reread
200
Paragraphs can have more or less than 5______________.
Sentences
200
How do you support a main idea?
Details, Evidence, and Examples
200
Process paragraphs (like we see in cook books) usually go ______ by ______.
Step by step
200
How do you end your paragraph?
By completing the idea or by transitioning to a new paragraph
200
Rereading out-loud helps catch what kind of mistakes?
Spelling and grammar mistakes
300
Paragraphs are a collection of sentences that support what?
One main idea
300
Always_________your details back to your main idea.
Tie
300
What type of paragraph is most commonly used in English classes?
Illustration (giving examples and explaining how those examples support your main idea)
300
After you have provided evidence, what is your next step?
Explain the evidence
300
What is one of the major questions yous should ask yourself as you review your paper?
Is the paragraph unified? Are the examples clearly related to the thesis? Is the paragraph coherent? Is the paragraph well-developed?
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