What is a paragraph? * A collection of related sentences dealing with one topic What are the parts of a paragraph? * Topic sentence The topic sentence is the sentence that tells the main ideas of the whole paragraph. This sentence is usually the first sentence in the paragraph. * Body The body of a paragraph has sentences with information that supports the topic sentence. It is important to remember that every sentence in the body must be connected in some way to the topic sentence. *
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David Best Descriptive Paragraph Hunting has been a favorite and exciting hobby of mine all my life‚ and the excitement never seems to fade away. I hunt for turkey‚ duck‚ coyote‚ deer‚ hogs‚ and othersmall game animals. Out of everything I hunt‚ ducks would have to be at the top of the list. Every opening weekend of duck season‚ my closest friends and cousins ‚ come camping with my dad and I at the Altamaha River outside of a small town called Uvalda. I have looked forward to this weekend
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Marigolds Paragraph Most of the time‚ there’s a moment in life where one realizes that they have lost their innocence and gained compassion in the absence. “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier shows how one young girl changed from a child to a young adult through her life experiences. Lizabeth is a 14 year old girl living in poverty with her parents‚ her 11 year old brother Joey‚ Miss Lottie and her son‚ and the neighborhood kids. As the leader of her group of friends‚ Lizabeth takes part in throwing
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Paragraph Development Melano‚ Ivonne L. 1MT-P Dr. Arlo R. Mortos Description The most common Chinese food I enjoy most making and devouring is the dumpling. A dumpling’s texture is smooth and soft just like a baby’s skin. As I slice a dumpling‚ I can see its mouth-watering juice coming out from the filling and I can smell its meaty aroma twelve inches away from the plate. As soon as I munch on it‚ I can taste the pork‚ vegetable and seasonings all mixed perfectly! Eating dumplings
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Short Paragraphs 1. Moon The Moon is a barren‚ rocky world without air and water. It has dark lava plain on its surface. The Moon is filled wit craters. It has no light of its own. It gets its light from the Sun. The Moo keeps changing its shape as it moves round the Earth. It spins on its axis in 27.3 days stars were named after the Edwin Aldrin were the first ones to set their foot on the Moon on 21 July 1969 They reached the Moon in their space craft named Apollo II. 2. Sun The sun is a huge
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cruel fairy stepmother‚ who was understandably jealous of my beauty‚ had turned me into a too-big Negro girl‚ with nappy black hair‚ broad feet and a space between her teeth that would hold a number-two pencil. (Prologue.9) Even as a little girl‚ Maya already has it in her head that white girls are sugar‚ spice‚ and everything nice. Little black girls? Not so much. Racism has already made its way into Maya’s world—and it’s not leaving any time soon. Quote #2 • Boys? No‚ rather men who were covered
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MAYA LIN Currently Maya Lin is working on her final memorial – What is Missing? Which aims at bringing awareness to habitat loss and current crisis surrounding biodiversity related issues. According to me‚ the perfect balance between art and architecture is maintained by her artwork which can be seen throughout her career that inculcates as a part-large scale site specific installations‚ architectural work‚ detailed studio artwork and memorials creating a remarkable
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A Process Paragraph A process is a series‚ a sequence‚ an orderly progression. One step or event follows another: first this‚ then that‚ then something else. You generally write a process paragraph to accomplish one of two tasks: 1. To describe how to make or do something (directional process) 2. To describe how something works (informational process) The Structure of a Process Paragraph 1. The topic sentence names the process and indicates the reason someone should be interested in knowing about
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The Death of the Paragraph We live in a new world filled with technology including computers‚ cell phones and more. One of the most common forms of communication today is cell phone use. In “Rule of Thumbs: Love in the Age of Texting‚” Natalie Moore talks about a serious relationship that she spent most of the communication texting. Before texting came along‚ talking on the phone was a lot more heartfelt. With the new inventions of email‚ texting‚ and instant messaging‚ it seems more and more
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(Google pg 1) Angelou‚ Maya. “Sister Flowers.” In The Longman Reader by Judith Nadell‚ John Langan‚ Eliza A. Comodromos. Eds New York: PEARSON/Longman‚ 2007:pg. 87-93 “Sister Flowers” gives the instant expectation of sadness to the reader. Nevertheless‚ by the end of the second paragraph the reader is drawn into the resilient world of a child. The characters are magically real‚ and the reader can relate with all of them at some level. Future generations will read Maya Angelou admirable works
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