Descriptive Paragraph

Descriptive paragraphs tells about people, places, events, and ______ through the five senses.

• Things

• Answers

• Senses

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are the five senses that are used in the descriptive paragraph?

• Taste, Touch, Smell, Hear, and Sight

• Who, What, When, Where, and Why

• Sight, Texture, and Taste

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a descriptive Paragraph?

• Tells the reader that a specific person, place, or thing will be described

• Sometimes limits the topic by telling time, and/or place, and/or senses used.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Detail Sentences in a descriptive paragraph...........

• Each provide a "picture" along with a new detail

• Each use a time transition

• Each have at least 50 words

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What two parts of speech are important to include in detail descriptive sentences?

• Conjunctions and Functions

• Adverbs and Adjectives

• Pronouns and Nouns

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the purpose of a clincher (conclusion) sentence?

• To include a transition

• Sums up the overall impression of the subject

• Nothing, these aren't included in these paragraphs

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What type of transition is NOT used in a descriptive paragraph?

• Space

• Time

• Chain-Link

• Importance

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or false: Descriptive Paragraphs can be written in the past, present, or future

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How many sentences should my paragraph be?

• At least 5

• At least 3

• At least 10

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

True or false: Descriptive Sentences can be written in the first, second, or third person

• True

• Flase

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5