1 Chunk (Body Paragraph)

Beginning sentence of each paragraph to

introduce idea in the paragraph

• Commentary

• Concrete details

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

Answers the questions: Who? What?

When? Where? What happened?

They are also located from the text

○ What I or someone else has read,

seen, heard, or said

• Commentary

• Concrete details

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

Answers the questions: So what? Why is

this important? Why is this significant?

● Created by the writer

○ Using my analytical mind, my

thoughts and gut instinct, and my

heart and soul

• Commentary

• Concrete details

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

Closes idea of paragraph

● Must link with Topic Sentence

● NOT repeat of topic sentence or plot

summary

• Commentary

• Concrete details

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

Written in blue

• Commentary

• Concrete details

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

Written in red

• Commentary

• Concrete details

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

Written in green

• Commentary

• Concrete details

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

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• “2 or

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  Commentary

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  Concrete Detail

  sentence to 1

  Commentary

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  Concrete Detail

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  Commentary

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  Commentary

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A 1 chunk has an introduction and a conclusion paragraph.

• True

• False

Example: She does all the cooking, cleaning,

and sewing by herself.

• Commentary

• Concrete details

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence