Jane Schaffer Terms

What is the name of the sentence that contains a quote, paraphrase, or example?

• Commentary Sentence
• Topic Sentence
• Concluding Sentence
• Concrete Detail

What sentence ties up your chunk paragraph and relates it back to the main idea?

• Concrete Detail

• Commentary Sentence
• Thesis

• Concluding sentence

What sentence comes after your commentary sentence(s)?

• Concrete Detail
• Concluding Sentence
• Topic Sentence
• Thesis

Which sentence states the main idea of your paragraph?

• Topic sentence

• Hook

• Thesis

• Concrete Detail

____________________ sentences provide analysis of a quote, paraphrase, or example

• Topic sentence

• Concrete detail

• Commentary

• Concluding sentence

• Introduction

Which of the following is an example of a Concrete detail?

• Brian told himself, "They would find him. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon" (pg. 54).

• Locating food is the most important part of surviving in the wilderness.

• This shows that Brian is able to think quickly in sticky situations.

• Brian may never make it out of the woods alive.

This part of your essay closes the essay and connects to the world

• Hook

• Concluding Sentence

• Commentary

• Conclusion

This part of the essay opens the essay and goes from broad to narrow

• Hook

• Topic Sentence

• Introduction

• Thesis

This part of the essay draws the reader's attention to make them want to start reading your essay, and could be a quote.

• Concrete detail

• Hook

• Commentary

• Introduction

This part of the essay gives the main idea of what will be discussed in your paragraph(s) and a bit about how

• Topic Sentence

• Thesis

• Introduction

• Concrete detail