

The Perfect BODY Paragraph
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English
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9th Grade
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Morgan Witt
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Multiple Choice
What is a topic sentence?
AKA: TS
A mildly controversial statement that you will be proving with your writing
A sentence that concludes the paragraph
A sentence that hooks the reader's' attention
A rhetorical question designed to gain the reader's interest
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Multiple Choice
Concrete Details (CDs) are.....
embedded facts, quotes, or details that prove your hook
embedded facts, quotes, or details that prove your bridge
embedded facts, quotes, or details that prove your topic sentence
embedded facts, quotes, or details that prove your concluding sentence
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Multiple Choice
Providing context for your Concrete Detail involves answering three questions before you introduce your quote.
What three questions should be answered?
What's going on in the story or article that helps readers understand what's happening in a story?
(Plot clue)
Who is saying it?
(Speaker)
Who are they saying it to?
(Listener)
What's going on in your life this week?
(Personal contex)
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Multiple Select
Commentary sentences (CMs) are NOT........
Choose the three answers that apply
Your summary of the story or article
Information you found online
A.I. Generated statements that you don't even understand
Your opinion about how this quote helps support your topic sentence
Your insight about how this quote helps support your topic sentence
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Multiple Select
What is Commentary? (CMs)
Choose all that apply
Your analysis about how this quote helps support your topic sentence
Your interpretation about how this quote helps support your topic sentence
Your explanation about how this quote helps support your topic sentence
Your opinion about how this quote helps support your topic sentence
Your insight about how this quote helps support your topic sentence
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Multiple Choice
Why do we use a second concrete detail? (CD)
Select all that apply
to provide more proof that supports your topic sentence
to help prove your point
to convince readers that your claim is well-researched
to convince readers that your claim is valid
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Multiple Choice
What are the three purposes of a concluding statement?
wraps up the paragraph
leaves the reader with something to think about
transition ideas from body paragraph 1 to body paragraph 2
to tell your readers goodbye and you're glad that they read your essay
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Fill in the Blanks
What is the first sentence in a body paragraph?
(Type out the two words!)
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What is the second sentence in a body paragraph?
(Type out the two words!)
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Fill in the Blanks
What are the sixth and seventh sentences in a body paragraph?
(Type out the word)
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What is the fifth sentence in a body paragraph?
(Type out the two words!)
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What are the third and fourth sentences in a body paragraph?
(Type out the word)
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What is the eighth and final sentence in a body paragraph?
(Type out the two words and be sure to use a space in between)
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Open Ended
List each part of the 8-sentence body paragraph.
You may use the abbreviations or the actual term (AKA commentary).
Please press enter between each item that you list.
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