Vocabulary for “Learning about Paragraphs” Name: _____ __________ ____________ _ Please look up the following words in the chapter starting on page 288. VOCABULARY WORD
DEFINITION
PARAGRAPH
MAIN IDEA
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TOPIC SENTENCE
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SUPPORTING SENTENCES
1. 2. 3.
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CLINCHER SENTENCE
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CONCLUDING SENTENCE
UNITY
COHERENCE
TRANSITION WORDS (p. 302)
*COMPARING
*CAUSE/EFFECT *TIME *PLACE
ORDER OF DETAILS (page 297) ORDER OF DETAILS CHRONOLOGICAL
ORDER OF DETAILS: SPATIAL ORDER OF DETAILS: LOGICAL
TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS (Page 306) NARRATIVE
DESCRIPTIVE
EXPOSITORY
PERSUASIVE