Analyzing the Structure of Paragraphs

Topic sentences should provide the idea for the paragraph's sentences,

• True

• False

You run up and down the court. You have to be able to chase down the ball. Sometimes you play for five or six minutes straight without a time out.

Which of the options below would make a good topic sentence for this short paragraph?

• Exercise is hard.

• Basketball is an athletic sport.

• I love the Lakers.

• I played basketball last Thanksgiving.

Select the best topic sentence for this short paragraph.

When you bake cookies, you first have to make sure you have all the ingredients. Then you have to mix them together. Finally, you have to put them in the oven.

• Baking cookies is really easy to do.

• My grandma has the best cookies recipe.

• There are a few steps to follow when making cookies.

• Cookies are easier to make than cake.

The "boss" or main idea of every paragraph (no matter which one) is...

• the transitional words and phrases

• the chunking

• the topic sentence

• the concluding sentence

What are the three parts of a paragraph?

• Topic, Chunks, Conclusion

• Arm

• Greetings

• head, body,toes

The topic sentence is usually the __________ sentence.

• Second

• Third

• First

• Fifth

The conclusion is the ___________ sentence

• First

• Second

• Last

• Middle

How many sentences are in a cohesive, well-developed paragraph?

• 2

• 4 to 5

• at least 8

• 20

When I put my topic in NEW words in my concluding sentence , I am writing my...

• Restated topic sentence/conclusion

• Mic Drop

• Why Care?

• Topic Sentence

The following can help a paragraph flow and become more high level

• slang words

• improperly used transition words and phrases

• inventive and informal spelling

• properly used transition words and phrases