Single Topic Paragraphs

What is a paragraph?

• A set of words that is complete in itself, containing a subject, verb and object.

• A group of sentences that are all related to one main topic.

• A unit of grammatical organization which traditionally consists of a subject and predicate.

What should a paragraph look like?

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A paragraph should cover ________ topic(s).

• two

• one

• five

• three

At the beginning of the paragraph, you should ___________, or leave a space.

• start with a capital letter

• use punctuation

• indent

Indenting means that you ___________.

• start writing your paragraph on the top line

• writing your paragraph on the back of the paper

• leave space at the beginning of the paragraph

Select the parts of a paragraph:

• Title

• Topic sentence

• Supporting sentence

• Main topic

• Concluding sentence

What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?

• The introduction sentence

• The first sentence

• Topic sentence

The _____ express(es) the main idea of the paragraph.

• supporting sentences

• examples

• topic sentence

• controlling idea

The topic sentence answers one or more questions like why, how, or where.

• True

• False

What are the two main elements of a topic sentence?

• examples

• topic

• indention

• controlling idea