Paragraph Structure Analysis
8th Grade•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can identify the topic sentence, supporting details, and concluding sentence in a paragraph.
Key Concepts
A paragraph is a group of sentences about one idea.
The three parts of a paragraph are the topic sentence, detail sentences, and conclusion sentence.
The topic sentence tells the main idea, detail sentences explain and support the main idea, and the conclusion sentence reminds us of the main idea.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 10 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What is the primary purpose of a paragraph?
2. Approximately how many sentences are typically found in a well-structured paragraph?
3. What is the term for the space before the first sentence of a paragraph?
...and 7 more questions
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