Elements of Writing

Opinion Writing

Body Paragraph(s) Elements

Body Paragraph(s) Element

• Topic Sentence

• Details or Examples

• Evidence

• Explanation

Counterclaim Body Paragraph

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

• Evidence

• Explanation

Body Paragraph 2

Multiple Select

Check all the elements that are included in the body paragraph.

• Topic Sentence= Transition, Claim, Reason 1

• Writer's Example

• Evidence from a source

• Explains the evidence

Multiple Choice

What is a topic sentence?

• a claim

• a synonym

• The main sentence of the body paragraph.

• the issue

Multiple Choice

What should a topic sentence include?

• transition, claim, and reason

• only the claim

• only the reason

• only the counterclaim

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What are details and examples?

• They support the reasons.

• Evidence

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What is evidence?

• Tells the reason

• Proves the reason is correct.

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What is an explanation?

• proof

• reasons

• opposing viewpoint

• explains the evidence

Multiple Select

Check all the elements that are included in the body paragraph.

• Topic Sentence = Transition, Claim, Reason 2

• Writer's Example

• Evidence from a source

• Explains the evidence

Multiple Select

Check all the elements that are included in the body paragraph.

• Sentence Starter

• Counterclaim

• Rebuttal

• Evidence to support the rebuttal

• Explains the evidence

Multiple Choice

What is a counterclaim?

• writer's opinion

• opposing view

• reasons

• the issue

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What is a rebuttal?

• opposing view

• proof

• argues against the counterclaim

• topic

Multiple Choice

What are the transition word(s) in this paragraph?

• Another reason

• According to the article

• This evidence proves

• All of these

Multiple Choice

What is the topic sentence in this paragraph?

• Another reason students should bring home lunches to school is because parents shouldn't have to pay fr food their child may or may not eat.

• Students complain about how disgusting school lunch can be so why should parents pay for something their student will waste?

• According to the article, "School of Hard Knocks for the Food in a Student's Lunchbox, "Researchers not only looked at what lunched included, but also how much of their lunches the students actually ate. Unsurprisingly, dessert was the most popular item in the middle school lunch bags."

• This evidence proves that school lunches barely give food that students enjoy, unless it is sweet.

Multiple Choice

What are the details in this paragraph?

• Another reason students should bring home lunches to school is because parents shouldn't have to pay fr food their child may or may not eat.

• Students complain about how disgusting school lunch can be so why should parents pay for something their student will waste?

• According to the article, "School of Hard Knocks for the Food in a Student's Lunchbox, "Researchers not only looked at what lunched included, but also how much of their lunches the students actually ate. Unsurprisingly, dessert was the most popular item in the middle school lunch bags."

• This evidence proves that school lunches barely give food that students enjoy, unless it is sweet.

Multiple Choice

What is the evidence in this paragraph?

• Another reason students should bring home lunches to school is because parents shouldn't have to pay fr food their child may or may not eat.

• Students complain about how disgusting school lunch can be so why should parents pay for something their student will waste?

• According to the article, "School of Hard Knocks for the Food in a Student's Lunchbox, "Researchers not only looked at what lunched included, but also how much of their lunches the students actually ate. Unsurprisingly, dessert was the most popular item in the middle school lunch bags."

• This evidence proves that school lunches barely give food that students enjoy, unless it is sweet.

Multiple Choice

What is the explanation in this paragraph?

• Another reason students should bring home lunches to school is because parents shouldn't have to pay fr food their child may or may not eat.

• Students complain about how disgusting school lunch can be so why should parents pay for something their student will waste?

• According to the article, "School of Hard Knocks for the Food in a Student's Lunchbox, "Researchers not only looked at what lunched included, but also how much of their lunches the students actually ate. Unsurprisingly, dessert was the most popular item in the middle school lunch bags."

• This evidence proves that school lunches barely give food that students enjoy, unless it is sweet.