English 1a Narrative/Descriptive Paragraph Fearful Encounter I had never truly experienced fear‚ until I was chased by a Doberman on crack. When‚ I was seven years old my family and I lived in a three apartment duplex in Reno‚ Nevada. One hot summer day‚ I was playing outside in the backyard with my younger sister Emily and my friend Josie. We were kicking dirt clods around the yard with unbridled enthusiasm‚ when Emily suddenly stops. With her curly redhead cocked to the side‚ she tells
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Paragraph on Advertisement’s Gender Bias LINK FOR ADVERTISEMENT (YOUTUBE) – CLICK HERE A TV advertisement for Hasbro’s Rose Petal Cottage shows completely the gender bias on women‚ giving a pattern for young girls to follow. First of all‚ we can see that the girl from the ad is wearing baby pink‚ which implies that little girls should always wear pink and light colors‚ different from boys‚ who can’t even think of pink. When we move around the 12 first seconds of the video‚ we can also see that
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Based on my experience of writing‚ writing a five paragraph essay was the key success of writing the perfect essay. But in the essay “Breaking the Five-Paragraph Theme Barrier” by Thomas Nunnally‚ we are told that writing a five paragraph essay was to help “ learn the principles of effective composition‚ principles that can be applied to any writing task‚ not to master a single format that will answer all their writing needs.” (70-71) In other words‚ learning to write in this format helped students
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Mary Hyland 11/18/14 P.3 Poem Reaction Paragraphs Emily Dickinson: “Success Is Counted Sweetest” This poem brought about a reaction in me of true success. The message is those who succeed‚ never truly appreciate success: only those who fail‚ or who lack something‚ can truly appreciate the joy if they had succeeded. The poet says “those who ne’er succeed” genuinely value success‚ or as she says‚ “They “count” it “sweetest”. Dickinson also states the members of the victorious army
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Deforestation Deforestation is the process whereby natural forests are cleared through logging and/or burning‚ either to use the timber or to replace the area for alternative uses. Deforestation occurs around the world‚ though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted. Countries with significant deforestation currently or in the recent past include Brazil‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand‚ the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa‚ and parts of Eastern Europe‚ according to UNEP collaborating
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Samples of descriptive paragraphs: Sample 1.The sample below is an opening paragraph from a student essay on the development of entertainment media. In it‚ she describes TV-watching in her family to make a point about how central TV was as a form of entertainment in the 60’s. (1) As I was growing up in the 60’s‚ television was the only entertainment my family knew of the electronic sort. (2) The 7 o’clock nightly news was such an important part of our family that my dad knocked a wall down and
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Methods of Paragraph Development Methods of development are patterns of organization use to organize ideas about a topic. Although a lot of writing you will come across does not rely solely on one method of development‚ an understanding of these patterns will help you organize your ideas and get you writing more quickly. An understanding of different methods of development and when to use them can save you valuable time in starting and organizing your essay. Many‚ if not most‚ essays by professional
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What Is a Paragraph? WRIT 1044 What Is a Paragraph? Paragraphs are clusters of information supporting an essay’s main point (in works of fiction‚ they advance the action or develop the characters). Paragraphs need to be clearly focused‚ well developed‚ organized‚ coherent‚ and a manageable length – generally 5-8 sentences. See page 81 in your textbook! How Do You Begin? Each paragraph should begin with what is called a topic sentence – a one-sentence summary of the argument
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Exemplification Paragraph My grandmother is perhaps the most frugal person I have had as a guiding hand in my life. She is absolutely amazing at cooking‚ making it an easy decision for her to stay home and make a delicious home cooked meal‚ as opposed to spending her hard earned money at the local diner. “There is nothing better than enjoying the fruits of your labor.” seemed to be my grandmothers catchphrase. She would come home and spend her lunch breaks tending to a medium sized garden
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Body Paragraph 2 In 1984 the Party uses various tactics to manipulate the inhabitants of Oceana as well as those of Nazi Germany. A common form of control in both the Party and the Nazi empire was the use of children for fulfilling the will of their respective government. In Orwell’s novel 1984 Winston claims that‚ “It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason‚ for hardly a week passed in which the Times did not carry a paragraph describing
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