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

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What kind of coat is better when it's put on wet?

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

  
  

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A thesis statement should include the topic of the essay, the writer's position, and the

that will support the writer's position.

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