Writing Skills

More than half of these bones are in the hands. There are 54 bones in our hands. Almost the same number of bones is in our feet. Human feet have 52 bones.

These bones do many important things. Our bones give our bodies a shape. The bones also help us move. They protect our body parts, too. Bones grow and change like your other body parts.

Choose the sentence that would best introduce the passage.

• Foods that are rich in calcium help make bones stronger.

• The bone has a jelly-like part called the bone marrow.

• Our throat is made up of one bone called “hyoid.”

• Did you know that there are 206 bones in the human body?

A _____________ is a group of sentences about a topic.

• paragraph

• topic

• controlling idea

• supporting sentence

How many topics should a paragraph contain ?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What are the three parts of a paragraph?

• the topic sentence, the controlling idea, and the concluding sentence

• the topic sentence, the supporting sentences (body), and the concluding sentence

• the topic sentence, the supporting sentences (body), and the thesis

• the topic sentence, the supporting sentences (body), and the restatement of the thesis

_______ does not express a complete meaning and cannot exist on its own

• A dependent clause

• An independent clause

Words that have the same or similar meanings

• synonyms

• antonyms

• context clues

• multiple meaning words

Words that have the opposite meanings

• synonyms

• antonyms

• homophones

• homographs

Facts, examples, reasons, or descriptions that are stated in the text

• main idea

• central idea

• details

• inferences

Using prior knowledge and evidence from the text

• main idea

• multiple meaning words

• plot

• making inferences

The reason an author writes something

• author's purpose

• central idea

• context clues

• story structure