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The Paragraph PPTThe Paragraph PPT
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The Paragraph

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Review the components of a well-written paragraph with your class. Be sure your writers include a topic sentence supported with main ideas and followed by a conclusion. Unity, coherence, and transition words are emphasized. Experiment with types of paragraphs, such as narrative, persuasive, descriptive, and expository. 

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Research, main ideas, central ideas, conclusions, topic sentences, transition words and phrases, writing paragraphs, unity

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coherence, descriptive paragraphs, expository paragraphs, main idea, narrative paragraphs, persuasive paragraphs, topic sentence, transition words, unity, writing paragraphs, conclusion, developing a paragraph, types of paragraphs, research paper, ccss.ela-literacy.w.11-12.1, ccss.ela-literacy.w.11-12.2, ccss.ela-literacy.w.11-12.3, ccss.ela-literacy.w.11-12.5, english language arts

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