Sentences
A strong topic sentence must be both this and narrow enough to develop.
What is specific?
These words or phrases help connect ideas between sentences and paragraphs.
What are transitions?
This type of paragraph explains the reasons why something happened.
What is a cause paragraph?
This type of paragraph organizes ideas into specific groups or categories.
What is a classification paragraph?
In a problem-solution paragraph, this part explains the specific issue that needs to be addressed.
What is the problem?
A good topic sentence must be placed in this location in a paragraph for clarity.
What is the beginning of the paragraph?
If a paragraph lacks these, it may seem incomplete or unconvincing.
What are supporting details?
This is the term for the relationship between events, where one leads to the other.
What is cause and effect?
This type of sentence is used to describe the characteristics of each category.
What is a supporting sentence?
This type of paragraph compares two or more items to highlight their similarities and differences.
What is a comparison paragraph?
This part of the topic sentence helps readers understand the focus or direction of the paragraph.
What is the controlling idea?
These can include personal experiences, expert opinions, or researched facts.
What are examples of evidence?
Transitions like 'because' and 'since' signal this type of idea.
What is a cause?
This is used to create smooth flow of ideas between categories in a classification paragraph.
What is a transition?
This transition phrase is commonly used to show differences in a comparison paragraph.
What is 'on the other hand' or 'in contrast'?
These sentences provide explanations, examples, or details to develop the main idea
What are supporting sentences?
Concluding sentence may include an opinion, a suggestion, a prediction or this.
What is a restatement?
This type of paragraph describes the results of an action or event.
What is an effect paragraph?
A classification paragraph can be confusing if this is not provided for each category.
What is an explanation or definition?
A strong comparison paragraph should have this at the end to provide a summary of the comparisons.
What is a concluding sentence?
This sentence wraps up the paragraph and restates the main idea in different words.
What is a concluding sentence?
This sentence explains the main goal or intent behind the writing or research.
What is a purpose statement?
Writers should organize their supporting details in this way when explaining causes or effects.
What is chronological or logical order?
In a paragraph about types of music, each type (rock, jazz, classical) would be considered this.
What are categories?
A strong problem-solution paragraph should provide this to support the proposed solution.
What is evidence or examples?