Paragraphs
Topic Sentences
Detail Sentences
Clincher Sentences
Vocabulary
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Name the 4 parts of a paragraph
What is title, introduction, body, conclusion
100
3 types of topic sentences.
What are general, clueing and specific sentences?
100
Name 2 types of detail sentences.
What are lead-off and follow-up sentences.
100
The part of the paragraph you can find a clincher sentence.
What is the conclusion or the end?
100
Write 3 antonym pairs.
What are hot/cold, give/take, positive/negative.
200
The sentence type in the introduction.
What is the topic sentence?
200
The topic sentence does what?
What is names the main idea in the paragraph
200
What are detail sentences?
What is tells one detail and sometimes show the connection between the detail and the rest of the paragraph.
200
True or False: Clincher sentences tells the main idea.
What is True?
200
Write 3 synonym pairs.
What are big/large, jump/hop, mad/angry?
300
The sentence type in the body.
What are detail sentences?
300
The type of topic sentence that doesn't include any details.
What is a general sentence?
300
What are transition words used for?
What is introduce a new detail and show the relationship between a detail and the rest of the paragraph?
300
True or False: Clincher sentences sometimes summarizes or names the details of the paragraph.
What is True?
300
Write an example of a simile.
What are black as night, slow as a snail, cold as ice, green as grass, hard as a rock, etc.
400
The sentence type in the conclusion.
What is the clincher sentence?
400
What kind of topic sentence is this: "The four seasons spice up our lives."
What is a clueing sentence?
400
What a lead-off sentence has that a follow-up sentence doesn't have?
What is a transition word?
400
What kind of transition words are used in a clincher sentence?
What is concluding transition words?
400
Write an idiom.
What are: heart of gold, hit the books, face the music, wild goose chase, etc.
500
Write 5 conjunctions.
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, although, because, before, like, since, unless, when, until, etc.
500
What kind of topic sentence is this: "When John entered college, he took courses in math, biology, and French".
What is a specific topic sentence?
500
A follow-up sentence provides more what?
What is information about the detail?
500
Name 3 types of clincher sentences.
What are general, clueing and specific.
500
Write a metaphor.
What are "She was drowning in paperwork", "Life is a journery, but don't worry, you'll find a parking spot in the end.
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