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English Composition I. Group A Week 6 Prepared by Beatrice Hsu. Agenda. Review Types of Sentences: Exercise 6 , p. 35 Analysis The Paragraph vs. Essay Essays: Classification Using Examples Romanization Systems Homework Refreshing. Exercise 6 (p. 35). 1. simple 2. complex
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English Composition I Group AWeek 6Prepared by Beatrice Hsu
Agenda • Review • Types of Sentences: Exercise 6, p. 35 • Analysis • The Paragraph vs. Essay • Essays: Classification • Using Examples • Romanization Systems • Homework • Refreshing
Exercise 6 (p. 35) 1. simple 2.complex 3. compound 4. cc 5. simple 6.complex 7. compound 8.compound 9. cc 10. complex
Form of the English Paragraph • A group of sentences that convey an idea • Average-length: 5-10 sentences 75-150 words • Indention (Indentation) • Example: p. 7 • Sample for analysis: pp. 3-4 • Paragraph vs. Essay (Glance 193)
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)
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
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
Essays A Classification
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
Narration Process Analysis Description Illustration Definition Classification Comparison & Contrast Analogy Cause & Effect (Causal Analysis) Argumentation Rhetorical Modes--Organization
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)
Homework • Composition 1 (Revision of Journal#3—Using Examples) • Activity 7 (Paragraph Power 17-19) • Preview • At a Glance: Chapter 4 • Paragraph Power: pp. 24-29
Refreshing • What in today’s class did you find most useful or meaningful? • What question(s) remain in your mind as we end this class? • What was the least clear to you in this class?