9/9/25 ELA LL Introductory Paragraphs & Technical Language

Multiple Choice

How can you determine a key idea in a text?

• Look at title and headings

• Look for repeated ideas

• Look for emphasis words

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a strategy for determining the key idea in a text?

• Looking for repeated ideas

• Ignoring topic sentences

• Focusing only on minor details

• Skipping headings

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines "species" as it is used in the passage?

• A. coined money

• B. humans inhabiting the earth

• C. animals of the same biological classification

• D. plants of the same group

Multiple Choice

Which line helps you best determine the meaning of "orbit" in paragraph 20?

• A. “The survivors spread out across the face of the world...”

• B. “Our species staggers on…”

• C. “... it spins along exactly as it did before our species-wide jump.”

• D. “...but our population has been greatly reduced.”

Multiple Choice

What are the three main components that should be included in the introduction paragraph of an essay?

• Hook, Overview, Thesis

• Topic, Evidence, Conclusion

• Hook, Body, Conclusion

• Overview, Evidence, Topic

Match

Match the following types of hooks/grabbers.

• Quotation

• Rhetorical Question

• Statistic

• Strong Statement

• Anecdote

"If you're not making mistakes,..."

What could be more important than…?

According to the NSDA, 90% of people...

In 10 years, everyone will own a pet!

Small stories

• "If you're not making mistakes,..."

• What could be more important than…?

  
  

• According to the NSDA, 90% of people...

• In 10 years, everyone will own a pet!

• Small stories

  
  

Multiple Select

Which of the following are elements that can be found in a strong thesis statement?

• Clearly stated topic

• 3 key detils

• Anecdotes

• Specific to the topic with no opinions