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Chapter II: The Paragraph

Learning to Write

Lecture Two: Building a Paragraph

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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

Ways of presenting supporting facts

Paragraph Composition

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Lecture Two: Building a Paragraph

1. Exemplification

2. Listing

3. Process

4. Classification

5. Narration

6. Description

7. Argument

8. Cause & effect

9. Comparison & contrast

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Different people have different ideal careers. For example, some people wish to…, while others may hope that …

Building a paragraph—— Exemplification

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Building a paragraph

Online learning has many advantages. First, …. Second, …. Third, …. Last, ….

—— Listing

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Building a paragraph

To make tea, follow these steps. First, …. Next, …. And then, ….

—— Process

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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 ….

Building a paragraph—— Classification

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Sports have become more and more popular in the world. In Europe,…. In America, ….In Asia, ….In Africa, ….

Building a paragraph—— Classification

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Sports have become more and more popular in the world. Fifty years ago,…. Now, ….

Building a paragraph—— Classification

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Sports have become more and more popular in the world. For men,…. For women, ….

Building a paragraph—— Classification

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Sports have become more and more popular in the world. For young people,…. For old people, …. For children, ….

Building a paragraph—— Classification

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Time

Hero(es) and/or hero(ines)

Place(s)

Event

Building a paragraph—— Narration

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Verbs/adverbs/adjectives/onomatopoeia (imitative words) etc.

Building a paragraph—— Description

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Grounds of argument---facts, examples, references

Argumentation

Building a paragraph—— Argument

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Relationship

Impartial

Building a paragraph—— Cause and Effect

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A1B1

A2B2

A3B3

Point by point

Building a paragraph—— Comparison and contrast

A1, A2, A3

B1, B2, B3

Subject by subject

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