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Parts of Speech 1
Main Idea and Supporting Details
SCR
Parts of Speech 2
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What is a noun?
A person, place, thing or idea
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Define main idea.
A main idea is the point of a passage, minus the details, in a complete sentence.
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What are the 6 components to an SCR?
Topic Sentence/Reader's promise, Detail 1, Explanation 1, Detail 2, Explanation 2 and Conclusion.
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What is a verb?
An action word
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What is an adjective?
Modifies or describes a noun
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Define a supporting detail.
A supporting detail is a fact that supports the main idea.
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What does the Topic Sentence/Reader's promise do?
It tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about.
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What is an adverb?
Modifies or describes a verb, adjective or another adverb
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Identify the nouns and adjective in the sentence: Jordan wore a green shirt.
Jordan and shirt are the nouns. Green is the adjective
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Which is the best example for the Marie Curie article main idea: A. Marie Curie was an important scientist. B. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize twice, discovered two elements and created the Radium Institute.
The best choice is A. Marie Curie was an important scientist.
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What does the conclusion do?
It rephrases the sentence and gives the paragraph a sense of completion.
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Identify the verb and adverb in the following sentnece: Suzanne awkwardly skied down a double black diamond run.
Skied is the verb and awkwardly is the adverb.
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Identify the noun, verb, adjective and adverb in the following sentence: Ivy sings beautifully in the Spring Concert.
The nouns are Ivy and Concert. The verb is sing and the adverb is beautifully. The adjective is Spring.
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What is the best example of a supporting detail for the main idea Marie Curie was an important scientist. A. Marie Curie was married to Pierre Curie. B. Marie Curie discovered radiation. C. Radiation can cause sickness and death in some cases.
The correct answer is B. Marie Curie discovered radiation.
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What should your detail sentences need to include?
It should include strong paraphrased textual evidence that supports your topic sentence/reader's promise.
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Identify the noun, verb, adjective and adverb in the following sentence: Quietly the mother creeped in to the nursery to tuck in the peacefully sleeping chubby baby.
Nouns: Mother, Nursery, and Baby Verb: Creeped, sleeping, tuck Adjective: Chubby Adverb: Quietly, and peacefully
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Identify what part of speech the following words are: Frightfully, golden, freedom, and starving.
Frightfully is an adverb, golden is an adjective, freedom is a noun and starving is a verb.
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What is the main idea and one supporting detail in the following passage: Many hundreds of thousands of people died when atomic bombs were dropped in Japan near the end of World War II. Thousands of nuclear bombs have been manufactured over the years, and today’s nuclear bombs are far more deadly that the two dropped on Japan. There is fear that some countries will gain this knowledge and direct attacks on Europe, America or their allies. While regulations are tightly controlled, Iran and North Korea have ongoing plutonium enrichment programs that cause the U.S. alarm.
The main idea is that Nuclear bombs are deadly or dangerous. A supporting detail could be: Many hundreds of thousands of people died when the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. Thousands of nuclear bombs have been manufactured over the years and today's nuclear bomb is more deadly than the two dropped on Japan. There is fear that some contries will use nuclear bombs against Europe, America or their allies.
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What is the purpose of the explanation sentences?
To explain why your detail proves your topic sentence/reader's promise.
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Which sentence contains a noun, verb, adjective and adverb. A. My mother is a lovely woman. B. He fiercly kicked the ball C. The Giant planet Jupiter, rotated slowly around the sun.
The sentence that contains all 4 parts of speech is: C. The Giant planet Jupiter, rotated slowly around the sun.