Learning to Write
Chapter II: The Paragraph
Lecture Two: Building a Paragraph
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Paragraph
Composition
1. Narration
1. Narration
2. Description
2. Description
3. Argument
3. Argumentation
4. Exemplification
5. Listing
4. Exposition
6. Process
Ways of presenting
supporting facts
7. Classification
8. Cause & effect
9. Comparison & contrast
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Lecture Two:
Building a Paragraph
1. Exemplification
6. Description
2. Listing
7. Argument
3. Process
8. Cause & effect
4. Classification
9. Comparison &
contrast
5. Narration
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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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Building a paragraph
—— Listing
Online learning has many advantages.
First, …. Second, …. Third, …. Last, ….
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Building a paragraph
—— Process
To make tea, follow these steps.
First, …. Next, …. And then, ….
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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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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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Building a paragraph
—— Classification
Sports have become more and
more popular in the world. Fifty years
ago,…. Now, ….
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Building a paragraph
—— Classification
Sports have become more and more
popular in the world. For men,…. For
women, ….
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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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Building a paragraph
—— Narration
Time
Hero(es) and/or hero(ines)
Place(s)
Event
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Building a paragraph
—— Description
Verbs/adverbs/adjectives/onomatopoeia
(imitative words) etc.
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Building a paragraph
—— Argument
Grounds of argument---facts, examples,
references
Argumentation
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Building a paragraph
—— Cause and Effect
Relationship
Impartial
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Building a paragraph
—— Comparison and contrast
A1B1
A1, A2, A3
A2B2
A3B3
B1, B2, B3
Point by
point
Subject by
subject
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