paragraph - unity and coherence

All paragraphs have

• Topic sentence

• A noun

• Three or more paragraphs

• Supporting sentences

The ........... signals the end of the paragraph and leaves the reader with important points to remember

What is a paragraph?

• sentences that are not articulated with each other

• group of related sentences that dsicuss one main idea

• sentences with nouns and verbs

• a topic that has one to two sentences

words that you can use to end a paragraph

• first

• second

• to sum up

• however

Which of the following best describes a topic sentence?

• the last sentence of a paragraph

• the sentence that states the main idea

• the sentence that provides a conclusion

• the sentence that lists supporting details

what is a supporting sentence?

• a complete sentence with sub + veb + obj

• summarizes the important points

• can be exemples, statistics, or quotations

• explain or prove the topic sentence

an important element of a paragraph is _____.

• Words

• Unity

• Transition words

• verbs

key nouns are used for

• coherence

• summarize

• humans

• paragraphs

transition signals are expressions such as _______

• first, finally and however

• what, when and who

• i, you, he and she

and, but, so, of, nor, for and yet are...

• FANBOYS

• coordinators conjustions

• transition words

• part of a sentence