Transcript Paragraphs - Ms. Cochren: LA6

Academic Vocabulary Practice
• A section of text
focused on a
single idea is a …
A) Topic sentence
B) Paragraph
C) Main Idea
• Contain details that
elaborate on,
explain, or prove a
paragraph’s main
idea
A) Topic sentence
B) Transition
C) Supporting details
• All of the sentences
of the paragraph
relate to the main
idea
A) Unity
B) Coherence
C) Spatial Order
• The sentences of the
A) Unity
paragraph are
clearly connected
B) Supporting details
and arranged
C) Coherence
• Organizational
structure and
transitional words
help to create…
A) Coherence
B) Supporting detail
C) Unity
• What we experience
through our senses
A) Facts
B) Sensory details
C) Supporting details
• Information that can be A) Examples
proven true by direct
observation or by
B) Sensory Details
checking a reliable
reference source
C) Facts
• Details are arranged
according to their
location (often used in
descriptive writing)
A) Chronological Order
B) Spatial Order
C) Order of Importance
• The most important
idea is located at the
beginning or end of a
series in this kind of
organizational pattern
A) Chronological Order
B) Spatial Order
C) Order of Importance
• This kind of
A) Chronological Order
organizational pattern is
often used in
B) Spatial Order
persuasive writing
C) Order of Importance
• Details are arranged in
the order that they
happened.
A) Chronological Order
B) Spatial Order
C) Order of Importance
• This organizational
A) Chronological Order
pattern is often used to
tell stories or to explain B) Spatial Order
a process
C) Order of Importance
• This kind of paragraph A) Persuasive
is used to convince
other’s to accept the
B) Descriptive
writer’s position or take
action
C) Expository
• This kind of paragraph
provides information
A) Persuasive
B) Expository
C) Narrative
• This kind of paragraph
describes a scene or an
object
A) Descriptive
B) Narrative
C) Persuasive
• This kind of paragraph
includes information in
forms of facts,
examples, definitions,
etc
A) Persuasive
B) Descriptive
C) Expository
• This kind of paragraph
explains a sequence of
events or tells a story
A) Expository
B) Narrative
C) Persuasive
• If you were asked to
A) Chronological Order
describe your bedroom,
which organizational
B) Spatial Order
pattern would be the
wisest to use?
C) Order of Importance
• If you were to tell all
about your family
reunion, which
organizational pattern
would be the wisest to
use?
A) Chronological Order
B) Spatial Order
C) Order of Importance
• If your purpose is to
A) Expository
bring an image to life
with sensory details,
B) Descriptive
what kind of paragraph
are you writing?
C) Narrative
• If you are asked to
A) Persuasive
relate a series of events
such as your first day of B) Descriptive
school, what kind of
paragraph are you
C) Narrative
writing?
• This type of paragraph
is the kind that you
usually write to short
answer questions or
essays for your teacher
A) Expository
B) Descriptive
C) Narrative
• Your teacher wants you A) Descriptive
to write an essay
convincing the principal B) Persuasive
to allow a field trip.
What kind of essay will
C) Narrative
you write?
• Your teacher asks you
to research a famous
author. What kind of
essay will you be
writing?
A) Descriptive
B) Narrative
C) Expository