SC Ready Review Paragraph Practice

The organization of this writing can best be described as:

• sequential

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• description

• problem and solution

Why did the author use the word, “however,” in sentence 6?

• To show how the tribes are alike

• To show how the tribes are different

• To show how the tribes build homes

• To describe the tribe’s daily work

Which sentence was inappropriate in this informational piece of writing?

• Did you know that your life can be very different depending on where you live?

• They built super cool pueblos.

• Like the Plains Native Americans, the Southwest Native Americans needed a main food resource.

• They did not need to follow their main food source.

Which sentence would be the best conclusion for this paragraph?

• It is better to live in the Southwest than the Plains.

• All Native American tribes hunted as their primary food source.

• Both Native American tribes were able to meet their needs, but they did so in different ways.

Which sentence in the paragraph should be removed because it does not support the topic sentence?

• Gymnastics teaches strength, flexibility, balance, and agility.

• Gymnastics not only helps children exercise their bodies, it helps children exercise their brain.

• Brains are the computer of our bodies.

• The sport also helps develop confidence in young people.

Which sentence would be a great conclusion sentence for this paragraph?

• Gymnastics also teaches kids flips.

• Kids in Gymnastics have better grades that kids who are not in gymnastics.

• Gymnastics is a superior sport that all kids should participate in.

• Gymnastics is a sport for small children.