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| 1 sentences, paragraph, process writing |
| 2 Good introduction & conclusion, Description, subj-verb agreement |
| 3 Narration,consistency, writing the essay |
| 4 Process,coordination and subordination,sentence errors |
| 5 Using Partition/figures of speech/Business letters |
| 6 Using Classification,apostrophes, revision skills,pronouns |
| 7 Comparison and contrast, Cause and Effect, mechanics, proof reading |
| 8 Giving Reasons/Making business reports |
| 9 Essay Writing 1, Strengthening Essay with Research |
| 10 Essay Writing 2 |
| 11 Final Exam |
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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST ESSAY
Use comparison-contrast development to compare (show likeness) or contrast
(show difference). Each has a specific purpose: comparison shows how things we consider different are actually alike in some
ways; contrast shows how things we consider alike are actually different in some ways.
Understanding Comparison-Contrast:
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comparison-contrast paragraph can be organized in two ways: One way is to explain all of subject A, point by point; then all
of subject B, with the same points in parallel. The other way is to do point one for A, then for B; then do point two etc.. |
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sure to have a purpose for your paragraph. Why are you comparing or contrasting? You may try to explain, to entertain, or
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How will you compare or contrast? You may prefer
one to the other. You may say what happened in one case will happen in another. You may say both are equally acceptable.
Comparison Paragraphs Organized by Similar Points
Consider the following paragraph:
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My hometown and my college town have several things in common. First, both
are small rural communities. For example, my hometown, Gridlock, has a population of only about 10,000 people. Similarly,
my college town, Subnormal, consists of about 11,000 local residents. This population swells to 15,000 people when the college
students are attending classes. A second way in which these two towns are similar is that they are both located in rural areas.
Gridlock is surrounded by many acres of farmland which is devoted mainly to growing corn and soybeans. In the same way, Subnormal
lies in the center of farmland which is used to raise hogs and cattle .
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. . Thirdly, both of these towns are similar in that both contain college campuses. Gridlock, for example, is home to Neutron College, which is famous for its Agricultural Economics program as well as for its annual Corn-Watching
Festival. Likewise, the town of Subnormal boasts the beautiful campus of Quark College, which is well known for its Agricultural Engineering department and also
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Assignment 1:
Compare a city or town you have lived in with the city you live
in now. Be sure to compare the two places in at least three different ways. You may show why you prefer one town to the other.
Or, you may show why each town is equally acceptable. Write in short paragraph form.
Assignment 2:
Compare 2 persons who are close to you
Assignment 3:
Compare 2 houses where you've lived before.
source:http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/bcassign/advanced.htm
CAUSE AND
EFFECT ESSAY
What caused
it? What are its effects?Like narrative and
process, cause and effect is concerned with events in time. But instead of focusing on the order in which the events occur,
cause and effect paragraphs explore why they occur and what happens because of them. Use connectives like: once cause,
another cause, a more important result, because, as a result.
Example:
My younger
brother and watching cartoons in television
Although
i have not carried out a scientific study, I have noticed the effects of television violence on my younger brother. Every
Saturday he goes on a four hour television cartoon binge. His diet includes Rambo, GI Joe, Ghostbuster, Dungeons and Dragons
and occasionally The Smurfs. As my brother watches television he gets more and more excited. He runs and jumps around
the room and has mock battles with furniture and imaginary enemies. Later, after he has finished watrching, he and his friends
act out things they have seen in the cartoons. I feel that television cartoons cause his plan to be excessively violent.
ASSIGNMENT
Make a
composition on the following topics using this process.
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Drug addiction
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Cigarette smoking
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Poverty in the United States
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USE OF COMMAS
1. separate items in a series.
You need bolts, nuts and , and screws.
I will be happy to read your poem, comment on it, and return it to you.
2. Introductory phrases, transitional expressions..
By four in the afternoon, everybody wanted to go home.
After the game on Saturday, we all went dancing.
Ferns, for example, need less sunlight than flowering plants.
Instructors, on the other hand, receive a lower salary than assistant professors.
3 Appositives
Yoko, our new classmate, is our best fielder.
A humorous and charming man, he was a great hit with my parents.
Exercise:
1. At the banquet Ed served a salad of juicy red tomatoes crunchy green lettuce and stringless snape beans.
2 As a nursing assistant Reva dispensed medication disinfected wounds and took blood samples.
3. Hiking rafting and snow boarding are her favorite sports
4 Don't eat strange mushrooms walk near the water or feed the squirrels.
5 Everyone in class had to present an oral report write a term paper and take a a final.
6 To earn a decent wage make a comfortable home and educate my children- those are my hopes.
7 Frankly i always suspected that you were born a saleswoman.
8 All twelve jurors by the way felt taht the defendant was innocent.
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9 Near the end of the driveway a large lilac bush bloomed and brightened the yard
10 He prefers as a rule serious news programs to the lighter sitcoms.
11 During my three years in Minnesota I learned how to deal with snow.
12 Long novels especially ones with complicated plots force me to read slowly.
13 David a resident nurse hopes to become a pediatrician.
14 I don't trust that tired the one with the yellow patch on the side.
15 Tanzania a small African nation exports chashew nuts.
16 Sheila a well known nutritionist lectures at public schools.
17We brought a Ouijia board a Scrabble set and a Boggle game to the party.
18 The Rock the popular wrestler and actor starred in movies.
19 To sum up Mr. Choi will handle all the details.
20 Close to the top of Mount Washington the climbers paused for a tea break.
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