Narrative, Information and Persuasive Paragraphs

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What is the purpose for writing?

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The reason you choose to write something.

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A collection of related sentences about the same topic is called a ____________.

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Paragraph.

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What does the topic sentence do?

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It tells the reader what your paragraph will be about.

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If you were writing a report about a scorpion, what type of paragraph would you be writing?

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Informative paragraph.

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What is a group of words that expresses a complete thought called?

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Sentence.

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What is a narrative paragraph?

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A paragraph that tells a story.

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What is an informative paragraph?

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A paragraph that provides information about a topic.

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What is a persuasive paragraph?

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A paragraph that tries to convince the reader of something.

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What is the main idea of a paragraph?

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The most important point that the paragraph is about.

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What are supporting details?

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Sentences that explain or give more information about the main idea.