Vocab
Part of speech of 'doubt'
What is a noun
"Earth's Closest Neighbor" is about this.
What is the moon, how it moves, its shape, and brightness
What is produces harmony and stability
A paragraph ends with this
What is a concluding sentence
Supporting sentences do these five things
What is 'explain, describe, give reason, give fact, give examples, and define'
To explain or state the meaning of.
What is 'define'
The Moon moves like this.
This reason is why the "Moonlight" Sonata was considered a musical innovation
What is most sonatas were quiet in the 2nd part and loud in the 3rd part
There are ____ features of a good paragraph
What is 'Four'
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This is the writers opinion stated in the topic sentence.
What is 'they prefer calling'
The dog barked at something in the _____ bushes.
What is 'surrounding'
People used to believe this about lunar eclipses
This is what happens during a lunar eclipse
What is the earth goes between the sun and moon
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These are 2 reasons to support the writer's opinion
What is 'want to hear their voices and interact with them' and 'difficult to type while walking'
The first line in a paragraph is this
What is 'indented'
The band worked together in perfect ______ to play the song.
What is 'harmony'
Two benefits of deltas
What are excellent homes for wildlife and nutrients for crops
This is how deltas form
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This is the concluding sentence
What is 'For these reasons, e-readers are better for students than traditional books'.
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This sentence does not belong
What is 'My friend has an e-reader, and she convinced me to buy one.'
Definition of emitting
What is 'sending out or producing something, such as light, sound, or gas'
Triangles are special for these 3 reasons
What is opposite the largest angle is the largest side, opposite shortest angle is the shortest side, and any 2 sides will result in more than the length of the third side
The steps Thales took to measure the height of the Great Pyramid
1. stuck a stick into the ground
2. waited until the stick and pyramid's shadow were the same length
3. measured the shadow right away
An opinion paragraph (5 things):
- about an issue people don't agree on
- give writer's opinion about the issue
- includes facts that support writer's opinion
- identifies the source of the facts
- discusses the opposing opinion about the issue
These are the features of a good paragraph
-First line indented
- has a topic sentence that states the main idea
- all sentences are about one topic
- ends with a concluding sentence