Academic Paragraph Review

What is a claim?

• A reason to back up your topic sentenec

• An example to show your topic

• An explanation sentence

• A word to connect sentences together

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is evidence?

• A reason your topic sentence is true

• The first sentence of your paragraph

• The last, concluding sentence of your paragraph

• An example that backs up your claim/adds proof to your claim

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

You can have more than one evidence sentence that supports your claim as a way to challenge your writing.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is clarification?

• A sentence that explains your evidence and links/connects back to your claim.

• A quote from a story

• A person example

• A fact found in research

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which is the correct order for academic paragraph writing?

• Evidence, Claim, Clarification, Topic Sentence, Concluding Sentence

• Topic Sentence, Concluding Sentence, Claim, Evidence, Clarification

• Claim, Clarification, Evidence, Topic Sentence, Concluding Sentence

• Topic sentence, Claim, Evidence, Clarification, Concluding Sentence

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1C

CCSS.W.7.2A

What is the MINIMUM number of transitions you should include in an academic paragraph?

• 5

• 6

• 3

• 8

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2C

CCSS.W.7.3C

What are other names for Concluding Sentence?

• Clincher Sentence

• Conclusion Sentence

• Summary Sentence

• Ending Sentence

What is are other ways to say claim?

• Reason

• Supporting Sentence

• Point

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is another way to say Evidence?

• Topic sentence

• Proof

• Example

• Transition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which evidence below is cited CORRECTLY?

• For example, "I had never been so free in my life."

• For example, he said, "I had never been so free in my life."

• For example, Malcolm wrote, "I had never been so free in my life" (2).

• For example, Malcolm said he had never been free in his life.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D