1. English Composition I Group A Week 6 Prepared by Beatrice Hsu

2. Agenda 1. Review Types of Sentences: Exercise 6, p. 35Exercise 6 Analysis 2. The Paragraph vs. EssayParagraph 3. Essays: ClassificationClassification 4. Using ExamplesExamples 5. Romanization Systems Romanization Systems 6. Homework 7. Refreshing Refreshing

3. Exercise 6 (p. 35) 1. simple 2. complex 3. compound 4. cc 5. simple 6. complex 7. compound 8. compound 9. cc 10. complex

4. Form of the English Paragraph 1. A group of sentences that convey an idea 2. Average-length: 5-10 sentences 75-150 words 3. Indention (Indentation) 4. Example: p. 7 5. Sample for analysis: pp. 3-4 6. Paragraph vs. Essay (Glance 193)

5. Paragraph Development Logical development of different cultures (PP 8) Sample paragraphs for analysis Chinese vs. Other cultures (PP 8) Asian development—Activity 3 (PP 9) Latin/Romance development—Activity 4 (PP 10) English development (PP 11-13)

6. Activity 4—Crossing Out 4 Sentences lines 5-6: Of course, I really don’t wear bikinis that much, I would never wear animal fur. lines 11-12: Would there be soy sauce in the Prehistoric World? line 10 from the bottom: Actually I do have an IQ of 143. line 6 from the bottom: I’m going to work on.... irrelevant sentences— lacking unity

7. Activity 5—Analysis excitement hunting Mammoths food meat you have killed low-fat brontosaurus steak ability to see the future new religious group Mika Tanabe-Kyo scientific discovery investigate extinct animals mammoths, dodos, Japanese wolves

8. Essays A Classification

9. Rhetorical Modes--Purpose Expository Writing—to explain, to clarify Narrative Writing—to give an account of an event Persuasive Writing—to influence: to talk into taking action, to dissuade people from doing something, to argue for or against a position

10. Rhetorical Modes-- Organization Narration Process Analysis Description Illustration Definition Classification Comparison & Contrast Analogy Cause & Effect (Causal Analysis) Argumentation

11. Exemplification (Illustration) Definition: Using an extended example or a group of illustrations to explain an idea Order: equal order descending order ascending order (emphatic order)

12. Homework 1. Composition 1 (Revision of Journal#3—Using Examples) 2. Activity 7 (Paragraph Power 17-19) 3. Preview 1. At a Glance: Chapter 4 2. Paragraph Power: pp. 24-29

13. Refreshing 1. What in today’s class did you find most useful or meaningful? 2. What question(s) remain in your mind as we end this class? 3. What was the least clear to you in this class?