Topic?
Controlling idea?
3 Essential Elements of a Passage
Paragraph
passage
THESIS
Chapter 7
Following Thought Patterns
if
you can detect a pattern
Learning Experiment p. 155
not in your book!
4 Types of Writing
TYPES:
Descriptive
Narrative
Expository
Persuasive
purpose
Create an image
in the reader’s
mind
Tell a story
To teach,
explain, and/or
inform the
reader
Argumentative
To change the
reader’s mind
Where (next to,  personal
behind, above)
Boring without a
+ sensory details point – a theme
 fictional
 cause/effect
 comp/contrast
 classify
 6 in all – each
with different
organization
organization
SPACIAL
CHRONOLOGICAL
– TIME ORDER
LIST INFO
LIST
REASONS
3 Essential Elements of a Passage
(facts)
Research evidence
define terms
offer reasons or
proof
quote statistics
cite studies
mention exceptions
list dates
present examples
give expert
testimony
BACK
go to
go to
go to
go to
Examples
Topic
sentence?
Ask what all
the examples
support.
go to
go to
go to
go to
Reasons
Topic
sentence?
Find all the
reasons—
ask what the
reasons
support.
go to
go to
go to
go to
continue
Facts &
Statistics
Topic
sentence?
Ask what all
the facts and
statistics
support.
go to
go to
go to
go to
Citation
and
Research
evidence
3 Essential Elements of a Passage
passage
THESIS
not in your book!
4 Types of Writing
Expository
To teach, explain, and/or inform the
reader
 Definition
 Time Sequence (Narrative)
Process
 Comparison Contrast
 Cause and Effect
 Classify
 Mixed
LIST INFO
Topic?
Organization?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
later
Chronological
(time sequence)
Organization
HOMEWORK
Read Chapter 7 to p. 169
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