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Organization
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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from Terms
What is a MAIN IDEA?

3. $100 Answer from Terms
A MAIN IDEA is the overall idea
of a paragraph.

4. $200 Question from Terms What is a TOPIC SENTENCE
and where can it be found?

5. $200 Answer from Terms A TOPIC SENTENCE is where
the main idea of a paragraph
is stated. It can be found anywhere
in a paragraph, but for 7th grade
Language Arts, we should
put it at the beginning of our paragraph.

6. $300 Question from Terms
A paragraph has UNITY when…

7. $300 Answer from Terms A paragraph has UNITY when
all sentences relate to
the central focus, or main idea .

8. $400 Question from Terms
What should a CLOSING
SENTENCE do?

9. $400 Answer from Terms A CLOSING SENTENCE should give your paragraph a
finished/complete feeling.

10. $500 Question from Terms
Define COHERENCE

11. $500 Answer from Terms COHERENCE is when readers
can tell how and why ideas
are connected.

12. $100 Question from Supporting Sentences
What is the purpose of
a SUPPORTING
SENTENCE?

13. $100 Answer from Supporting Sentences
should contain details that
elaborate on, explain, or prove
a paragraph’s main idea.

14. $200 Question from Supporting Sentences
What are SENSORY DETAILS?

15. $200 Answer from Supporting Sentences
SENSORY DETAILS are words that
we can experience through the senses
of sight, hearing, touch, taste,
and smell.

16. $300 Question from Supporting Sentences
What are FACTS?

17. $300 Answer from Supporting Sentences
FACTS = information that
can be proved true by direct
observation or by checking a
reliable reference source.

18. $400 Question from Supporting Sentences
What are EXAMPLES?

19. $400 Answer from Supporting Sentences
EXAMPLES are typical instances
of an idea.

20. $500 Question from Supporting Sentences
Give me two SUPPORTING
SENTENCES for the following
sentence:
My favorite class in school is
social studies.

21. $500 Answer from Supporting Sentences
Answers will vary.

22. $100 Question from Organization
What is the definition of
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE?

23. $100 Answer from Organization
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE is
a way of arranging ideas.

24. $200 Question from Organization
What does it mean to put
supporting sentences in
CHRONOLOGICAL order?

25. $200 Answer from Organization
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
presents details in the order
in which they happen (tell a story
explain a process, show cause
and express).

26. $300 Question from Organization
What does it mean to put supporting
sentences in SPATIAL order?

27. $300 Answer from Organization
SPATIAL ORDER presents details
according to their location
(writing descriptions).

28. $400 Question from Organization
What does it mean to put
supporting sentences in order
of IMPORTANCE? Should the
most important idea be written
first or last?

29. $400 Answer from Organization
Order of IMPORTANCE means listing
supporting sentences according to their
importance. The most important idea
is either at the beginning or at the end
of a series of ideas (persuasive writing).

30. $500 Question from Organization
If you were writing a paragraph
about your new house, what order
would you use to organize your
supporting sentences and why?

31. $500 Answer from Organization
Supporting details could be
arranged in
-spatial order to show where
everything is in the house.
-chronological order to show how
the house was built
-or order of importance to persuade
the reader that your new house is the
best one in the neighborhood.

32. $100 Question from Transitions
What is the purpose of
TRANSITION
words and phrases?

33. $100 Answer from Transitions
TRANSITIONS connect ideas
and tell why and how they are related.

34. $200 Question from Transitions
Name three TRANSITION words
or phrases a writer could use
to show time.

35. $200 Answer from Transitions
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36. $300 Question from Transitions
Name three TRANSITION words
or phrases a writer could use
to show cause and effect.

37. $300 Answer from Transitions
Answers will vary.

38. $400 Question from Transitions
Name three TRANSITION words or
phrases a writer could use to
compare and/or contrast ideas.

39. $400 Answer from Transitions
Answers will vary.

40. $500 Question from Transitions
Put the following TRANSITION
words/phrases in order:
In addition
Furthermore
For Example
Finally

41. $500 Answer from Transitions
For example,
In addition,
Furthermore,
Finally

42. $100 Question from Pot Luck
What type of paragraph would you
write to convince Thurston students
to take a class trip to Big Bear?

43. $100 Answer from Pot Luck
A Persuasive Essay

44. $200 Question from Pot Luck
What type of essay would you write
if you were asked to write a short story?

45. $200 Answer from Pot Luck
A Narrative Essay

46. $300 Question from Pot Luck
You are asked to describe the different areas of Disney Land?
What type of organizational structure would be best? Explain.

47. $300 Answer from Pot Luck Spatial: since you are describing
the park by its different locations

48. $400 Question from Pot Luck
What type of writing is a research essay?

49. $400 Answer from Pot Luck
It would be expository.

50. $500 Question from Pot Luck
What is the editing symbol
for a paragraph?

51. $500 Answer from Pot Luck

52. Final Jeopardy Define the following types of writing: Descriptive
Narrative
Expository
Persuasive

53. Final Jeopardy Answer Descriptive – describe a scene or object
Narrative – tell a story or explain a sequence of events
Expository – provide information, including facts, instructions, and definitions
Persuasive – to convince others to accept the writer’s opinion or to take action