Review of Module 3: Paragraph Content

 

Key Takeaways

Four types of paragraphs to use when generating content:

1. The definition paragraph

2. The comparison paragraph

3. The description paragraph

4. The analysis paragraph

By understanding these four paragraph types, you will be prepared to overcome writer's block and elaborate on any given topic in a variety of ways. While determining the purpose of a paragraph may be more difficult because of its abstract nature (as we discussed in our first module), we can rely on the four paragraph types to give us practical ideas for content generation.

 

Review of Important Terms

 Hyperlink to Flash Card Activity 

 

  

 


Did I Get This?

 

Click on the "Paragraph Content Review Quiz" wording below to check your knowledge of paragraph content.

 Open/Close Paragraph Content Review Quiz

  

Level 2 Quiz: Advanced Paragraph Content Quiz

 

 

If you scored 90 points or above on the "Paragraph Content Review Quiz", you might like to see how you do on this "Advanced Quiz".

Click on the "Level 2 Quiz" wording below to begin.

 Open/Close Level 2 Paragraph Content Quiz

 

 


Level 3 Quiz: Placement Test Practice Quiz

 

This final quiz is for those of you interested in the Accuplacer test. It contains questions you might encounter on a college-level placement test. Click on the "Level 3 Quiz" wording below to begin.

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If you scored less than 90 points on the "Did I Get This" quiz above, please click here and review this module again before continuing on to Unit 6.  

If you have scored 90 points or above on the "Did I Get This" quiz, Congratulations!!  You are now ready to continue on to Unit 6.

  

Next Steps  

In our next unit, you will learn how individual paragraphs can work together to create a longer, multi-paragraph piece of writing.   You will see how the components of a single paragraph—topic, support, and transitions—can be used on a larger scale to organize multi-paragraphs around a single topic.

 

Before continuing on in this course, please complete a survey on the Writing Basics Unit you have just completed.  Click on the following link to be taken to the survey.  The survey will open in a new window.

 

Writing Basics Unit 5 Survey

 

Once you have completed the survey and submitted your answers, you will be redirected back to the KPC College Readiness Resources page.  You will then need to click on the Writing Basics course listing in the left or right navigation bar to continue on to the next unit.