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About the different components of a paragraph.

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What is a Topic Sentence? Where does it go?

A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph that tells you what the paragraph is about.

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What is a Conclusion? Where does it go?

A conclusion sums up the main idea of the paragraph. It goes at the end of the paragraph.

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What are the supporting sentences? Where do they go?

The supporting sentences should support the topic with explanations and examples, they go in the middle of the paragraph.

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How many parts are there in a paragraph?

3

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Which sentence in a paragraph do you need to indent?

Always the first sentence.

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What is the last sentence of a paragraph called?

Conclusion

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A topic sentence should have a __________ and a _______________.

topic ; main idea

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True or False: A paragraph is one long sentence?

False

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True or False: A paragraph has 3 sentences

False, it has 3 parts.

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True or False: A complete sentence has a (Subject and a Verb).

True

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True or False: A paragraph doesn't need to have complete sentences. (Subject + Verb)

False

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True or False: You should always indent the first sentence of a pargraph?

True

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