1. Paragraph Structure Nouns Possessive / Contractions Name the
Eleanor M. Savko
Paragraph
Structure
Nouns
Possessive /
Contractions
9/11/2018
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2. Tells what the paragraph will be about
Tells what the paragraph will be about. It is usually the first sentence in the paragraph.
Category 1: $100: A

3. Topic Sentence
Category 1: $100: Q

4. Wraps up the topic sentence.
Category 1: $200: A

5. Concluding Sentence
Category 1: $200: Q

6. Contains the detail sentences.
Category 1: $300: A

7. details / body sentences
Category 1: $300: Q

8. Tells about the subject of the paragraph and interests the reader.
Category 1: $400: A

9. title
Category 1: $400: Q

10. Gives a sense of time and order of events
Gives a sense of time and order of events. Also, it helps connect the sentences in the paragraph.
Category 1: $500: A

11. transitions
Category 1: $500: Q

12. The Aegean Sea is located between Greece and Turkey.
Category 2: $100: A

13. Aegean Sea, Greece, Turkey
Category 2: $100: Q

14. A few years before Louisiana became a state in 1812, there was a famous boundary dispute between the United States and Spain.
Category 2: $200: A

15. Years, Louisiana, state, 1812, dispute, United States, Spain
Category 2: $200: Q

16. What is a compound noun? And give an example.
Category 2: $300: A

17. A noun that is made up of two or more nouns. EXAMPLE
Category 2: $300: Q

18. Make the following compound noun plural: passerby
Category 2: $400: A

19. passersby
Category 2: $400: Q

20. Daily Double!!!
Therefore, it was a large area of ungoverned territory that attracted all kinds of people.
Category 2: $500: A

21. Area, territory, kinds, people
Category 2: $500: Q

22. Russell’s better known than William, the man who helped him.
Category 3: $100: A

23. contraction
Category 3: $100: Q

24. Another of the Express’s famous riders was “Pony Bob” Haslam.
Category 3: $200: A

25. possessive
Category 3: $200: Q

26. Business [executives, executives’] travels are simplified with this technology.
Category 3: $300: A

27. Executives’
Category 3: $300: Q

28. Make the following word in the plural possessive: boss
Category 3: $400: A

29. Bosses’
Category 3: $400: Q

30. How do you make a singular noun possessive?
How do you make a plural noun possessive that ends in –s?
How do you make a plural noun possessive that does not end in –s?
Category 3: $500: A

31. ’s s’
Category 3: $500: Q

32. A toy poodle, the smallest house dog, makes an excellent pet.
Category 4: $100: A

33. The smallest house dog
Category 4: $100: Q

34. Min, the leader of our club, had the final decision.
Category 4: $200: A

35. The leader of our club
Category 4: $200: Q

36. In that movie I had a job as an extra, an actor in a group scene.
Category 4: $300: A

37. An actor in a group scene
Category 4: $300: Q

38. An excellent librarian, my grandma worked in a library all her life.
Category 4: $400: A

39. An excellent librarian
Category 4: $400: Q

40. When do you not use commas with an appositive?
Category 4: $500: A

41. When the appositive is needed to understand the sentence.
Category 4: $500: Q

42. Risk, peril
Category 5: $100: A

43. hazard
Category 5: $100: Q

44. a person who starts up and takes the risk of a business
Category 5: $200: A

45. entrepreneur
Category 5: $200: Q

46. Usual, expected, routine
Category 5: $300: A

47. customary
Category 5: $300: Q

48. A lack of interest or concern
Category 5: $400: A

49. indifference
Category 5: $400: Q

50. Filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean
Category 5: $500: A

51. indignant
Category 5: $500: Q

52. NOUN
Jeopardy