Writing Sample-Unit 15

... outline Explanation and samples of various organizational patterns (chronological, cause-and-effect, spatial, general-to-specific) Lesson 15: Additional Organizational Strategies 115 • Explanation ... Five-Paragraph Essay 153 • Explanation and sample of a five-paragraph essay • Explanation and sample of the three basic parts of an essay: introduction, body, and conclusion • Checklist for o...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2013, 01:45

... also are interesting and entertaining in themselves: To philosophize is to understand; to understand is to explain oneself; to explain is to relate Brand Blanshard I didn't like the swimming ... spirit.) The average autochthonous Irishman is close to patriotism because he is close to the earth; he is close to domesticity because he is close to the earth; he is close to d...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 00:15

... pronoun tend to impart conversational and colloquial tone to written academic prose—a point worth making in teaching formal academic writing Pronouns as Noun Replacements In academic essays, the ... courses and texts in particular disciplines are acquired incidentally by virtue of their prevalence in academic reading texts, textbooks, and lectures An excerpt from a student's acad...

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Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 07:20

... by the NIH The middle of the paragraph is the place for their equivalent in full sentences The middle also makes a good home for items that only a few readers will need, for whatever reason the ... head down the whole idea, the whole town, the whole anything traditions of the past exactly pinpoint a friend of mine a sense of relative proportion driven primarily by h...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 08:20

... improving your writing in just 15 minutes a day It’s that easy! If you devote that very small amount of time each Writing_ 01_ 0 01- 064.qxd:JSB 6 /15 / 08 5 :12 PM Page introduction day to reading and absorbing ... Explanation and sample of a formal outline Explanation and samples of various organizational patterns (chronological, cause-and-effect, spatial, general-to-spec...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:23

... My family favors camping vacations, which include sleeping, eating, and even showering out in nature The hazards of camping can include mosquitoes, ants, and sometimes bears After being awakened ... usually take a plural verb, but occasionally a compound subject expresses a single idea, and can take a singular verb Here are some examples: War and peace is a common subject for deba...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:23

... part of all is pinpointing your thesis You may have done lots of reading, thinking, and researching, and still not know exactly what it is you want to say in your essay Here are some guidelines ... second paragraph to find out what the essay is about, but note also how interested you as a reader are by the drama created in the first paragraph This is good writing, and good use of delayin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:23

... Writing_ 04_107-130.qxd:JSB 6 /15/ 08 5: 16 PM Page 114 Writing_ 04_107-130.qxd:JSB 6 /15/ 08 5: 16 PM Page 115 L E S S O N 15 additional organizational strategies Good writing is always a breaking ... lying down lay Yesterday, the cat lay down lain In the past, the cat has lain down lay The boy lays the book aside laying The boy is laying the book aside laid The boy laid the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:23

... of a five-paragraph essay, let’s assume you have been assigned to write an essay about global warming Here are the steps you’ll need to take in planning and writing your essay using the five-paragraph ... statement of an essay, the topic sentence sometimes appears at the end of a paragraph, as a kind of punctuation mark to the paragraph A series of additional sentences, all of which...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:23

... night and day Bad weather ruined the game A torrential rain interrupted the season’s most important game Writing_ 07_ 193 -212.qxd:JSB 6 /15/ 08 5:20 PM Page 199 editing your writing 199 Va r y Yo ... between a healthy start to the day and a long, sleepy morning Your Evaluation of Paragraph 1: Paragraph There are way too many pressures put on kids today Even in kindergarten, ki...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:23

... Asimov’s writing life, publishing meant having his writings appear printed on paper in newspapers, magazines, and books And of course we usually think of published works as those appearing on paper ... concluding paragraph b in every paragraph c in the first paragraph d in both a and c 11 Which of these is a strong organizational strategy for a persuasive essay? a cause and ef...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:23

... Unit 15: Cities Lesson 4: Writing • Describing a city Task 1:Read the description of London Then write the answers ... description of London Then write the answers to the questions • London, which is the capital city of the United Kingdom, was founded by the Romans in 43 AD It has a population of about million Situated ... description of London Then write the answers to the questions • Lo...

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2013, 01:28

... houses of Parliament The Tower Bridge on the River Thames London, which is the capital city of the United Kingdom, was founded by the Romans in 43 AD It has a population of about million Situated

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