1. Learning to Write Chapter II: The Paragraph
Lecture Two: Building a Paragraph
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2. Ways to build a paragraph
Composition
Ways to build a paragraph
1. Narration
2. Description
3. Argument
4. Exemplification
5. Listing
6. Process
7. Classification
8. Cause & effect
9. Comparison & contrast
1. Narration
2. Description
3. Argumentation
4. Exposition
Ways of presenting supporting facts
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3. Lecture Two: Building a Paragraph
Exemplification
Listing
Process
Classification
Narration
6. Description
7. Argument
8. Cause & effect
9. Comparison & contrast
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4. Building a paragraph —— Exemplification
Different people have different ideal careers. For example, some people wish to…, while others may hope that …
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5. Building a paragraph —— Listing
Online learning has many advantages. First, …. Second, …. Third, …. Last, ….
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6. To make tea, follow these steps. First, …. Next, …. And then, ….
Building a paragraph
—— Process
To make tea, follow these steps. First, …. Next, …. And then, ….
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7. Building a paragraph —— Classification
A drink may be classified according to whether or not it contains alcohol. Therefore, basically, there are two types of drinks: alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Alcoholic drinks are spirits, wine, beer. Non-alcoholic drinks may be sub-divided into hot drinks and cold drinks. Hot drinks are drinks like tea and ….
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8. Building a paragraph —— Classification
Sports have become more and more popular in the world. In Europe,…. In America, ….In Asia, ….In Africa, ….
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9. Building a paragraph —— Classification
Sports have become more and more popular in the world. Fifty years ago,…. Now, ….
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10. Building a paragraph —— Classification
Sports have become more and more popular in the world. For men,…. For women, ….
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11. Building a paragraph —— Classification
Sports have become more and more popular in the world. For young people,…. For old people, …. For children, ….
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12. Hero(es) and/or hero(ines) Place(s) Event
Building a paragraph
—— Narration
Time
Hero(es) and/or hero(ines)
Place(s)
Event
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13. Verbs/adverbs/adjectives/onomatopoeia (imitative words) etc.
Building a paragraph
—— Description
Verbs/adverbs/adjectives/onomatopoeia (imitative words) etc.
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14. Grounds of argument---facts, examples, references Argumentation
Building a paragraph
—— Argument
Grounds of argument---facts, examples, references
Argumentation
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15. Building a paragraph —— Cause and Effect Relationship Impartial
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16. —— Comparison and contrast A1B1 A2B2 A3B3 Point by point A1, A2, A3
Building a paragraph
—— Comparison and contrast
A1B1
A2B2
A3B3
Point by point
A1, A2, A3
B1, B2, B3
Subject by subject
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17. Thank you!
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