Parts of a Paragraph
5
How many sentences are needed in a paragraph?
3
How many paragraphs should a paper have minimum?
I
What word is always capitalized?
Fenway Park
What is the oldest baseball park in the MLB?
What religion celebrates Christmas?
Christianity and/or Catholic
Gives facts, details, and descriptions about the main topic of the paragraph.
What is a body sentence?
Closes out the paper by summarizing and/or connecting the main points of the paper.
What does a closing paragraph do?
Australia, U.S.A, Guatemala, Ukraine, the Marshall Islands
Countries
2007
When was the first time that a woman was the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Why do children dress up in costumes during Halloween?
To scare off mean spirits.
Introduces the topic of the paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
Introduction paragraph
What is the first paragraph in a paper?
Mike, Jennifer, Jonathan, Dania, Chris
Names
The Sun
What causes the Northern Lights?
Why do Native Americans celebrate a Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving?
Native Americans celebrate a Day of Mourning because of the genocide that Europeans committed against them when they arrived.
Closes out the paragraph, summarizes, and/or connects the main points of the paragraph.
What is a closing sentence?
Gives details, facts, and describes the main topics of the paper.
What is a body paragraph?
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Days of the Week
What is one country that is in the U.K.?
Northern Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
What two religious figures have the story of a virgin birth?
Jesus Christ and Mithra
Tab key
How do you indent a paragraph?
Thesis statement
What is the main idea of the article?
Kwanzaa, Yule, Hanukkah
Holidays
Baroque
What artistic style was the German painter, Rembrandt, known for?
Why do children say "trick or treat" on Halloween?
Children say "trick or treat" because at the turn of the century and 1920's, children played tricks on people so adults started giving out treats to get them not to play tricks.