Paragraph Writing
The reason the author wrote
What is determining purpose?
The entire paragraph should concern itself with a singular focus.
What is unity?
The clown chased the dog around the ring and then fell flat on her face.
What is action verb?
Fisherman : Fishermen
What is plural?
Close the door
What is imperative?
Example of: Do you have a sympathetic reader or a hostile reader?
What is reader's attitude?
Ideas that are logically arranged and connected to each other.
What is coherence?
The geese indolently waddled across the intersection.
Wife : Wives'
What is plural possessive?
The new movie is great, isn't it?
What is interrogative?
Says exactly what a paragraph will be about.
What is the topic sentence?
1. Level of language
2. Supporting material
3. Enthusiasm
4. Certainty
What is tone?
Harvesting her plants was more difficult than Lori had thought.
Mi
What is mile?
Statements end with periods.
What is declarative?
Mnemonic used for supporting sentences.
- Give all detail.
What is PEEL?
1. Point
2. Example and/or evidence
3. Explanation of how your examples prove your point
4. Link concluding sentence to topic sentence; transitions
Thus, so, therefore
What are move-ahead words?
Indentifying parts of speech can be confusing.
What is a verb?
Eighteen OR 18 students are still not included in the classlist for this semester!
What is Eighteen? (Spelled out)
Type of Run-on Sentences:
My favourite television show is on I can't wait to watch.
What is a fused sentence?
Restates the topic sentence using different vocab.
What is the concluding statement?
They, though, all but two
What are referring words?
Hariette went to the party because she felt she needed to socialize.
What is a conjunction?
Journey in plural possessive
What is journeys?
Type of Run-on Sentences:
I worked on my assignment last night, I watched TV after that.
What is a comma splice?