Jeopardy review game: Developing an Explanation

This type of sentence captures the main idea in a paragraph.

• What is a topic sentence?

• What is a concluding sentence?

• What is a supporting sentence?

• What is a transition sentence?

$500: This skill involves distinguishing the most important points from the less important details in a text.

• What is summarizing?

• What is analyzing?

• What is interpreting?

• What is evaluating?

$100: This type of evidence is cited directly from the text to support an answer.

• What is textual evidence?

• What is circumstantial evidence?

• What is anecdotal evidence?

• What is empirical evidence?

$300: This strategy involves explaining how a piece of evidence supports your answer.

• What is summarizing evidence?

• What is analyzing evidence?

• What is ignoring evidence?

• What is creating evidence?

(a)   When you use exact phrases from a text, you need to enclose them in these marks. What are (b)   ?

• Quotation marks

• Parentheses

• Brackets

• Dashes

$500: By integrating evidence, this sentence explains its importance to the argument. What is an explanation sentence?

• Explanation Sentence

• Argumentative Sentence

• Evidence Sentence

• Conclusion Sentence

$100: This is the first part of a structured explanation, introducing the topic. (a)  

• Option 1

• Option 2

• Option 3

• Option 4

This type of words helps to connect ideas and make explanations flow clearly. What are (a)   ?

• however

• therefore

• besides

• besides

This type of paragraph summarizes the main points and restates the thesis in different words. What is the (a)   ?

• Definition

• Summary

• Thesis

• Conclusion

$500: This organizational tool can help plan a written explanation before starting to write. What is (a)   ?

• Outline

• Draft

• Plan

• Template