IV. WRITING A PARAGRAPH Compiled by B.Jolamanova 1. DEFINITION/DIFFERENTIATION A paragraph is a basic unit of organization in writing in which a group of related sentences develops one main idea. Such sentences are usually linked by logical connectives. A paragraph can be as short as one sentence or as long as ten sentences. The paragraph should be long enough to develop the main idea clearly. A paragraph may stand by itself (i.e. to answer a test question). A paragraph may also be one part of
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the blink of an eye. Body 2: Similarly‚ the concept of thin-slicing has its disadvantages because it proves that people are “really vulnerable to being guided by stereotypes‚”(Gladwell‚ 233). This holds true in cases often regarding race. For example‚ prior to the school integration of white and black children in the late 1950’s‚ the sight of a black child trying to gain an education was looked down upon in a white man’s society. It was considered “wrong” for people of the “white community” to
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teenage years were spent in hospitals and the majority of my parent’s money went to paying the doctors. During this period of my life I thought medicine was doing more harm than good. Because I was older at the time of Debbie’s death my perception about medicine changed and I became motivated to find out why medicine costs so much and why some procedures cost more than others? So I studied hard‚ became Valedictorian of my class‚ earning a full scholarship to Vanderbilt University and now I’m ready
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Depression. One paragraph in particular stands out from all the others. This paragraph shows the reality of what it was like to be in the Great Depression and the hard times people had to go through. The Great Depression was a horrible time in American history the government had money problems‚ people were losing their money or it was lost before they could even get to it. This paragraph has a lot of symbolism and imagery in a small body of words. Now‚ to analyze this paragraph “The man sitting
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Urbana And Felisa This book is about the exchange of letters between two ladies named Urbana and Felisa; and through these letters Fr. Modesto de Castro made known the desirable behavior that everyone-young and old‚ women and men-should observe in dealing with other people well. It is thought by many that the ideal conduct described in this book should be emulated by Filipinos and should not be cause for embarrasment even in these days. Filipinos do not need an Emily Post to teach them
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Good Opinion Paragraphs You will need to be well prepared in order to write a good opinion paragraph. Here are the steps to take before you even start writing: | Pick a controversial issue - something people clearly agree or disagree with it strongly. | | Decide which side you will take - do you agree or disagree with it? This will be your opinion. | | Get as much information as you can in order to defend your point of view - you will need facts to support your point‚ examples of why your
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after playing tennis together‚ and the two of them were pretty tired. Mia has been driving since she’d gotten her learner’s permit a few months ago‚ and she enjoyed driving on her own. They were driving down a bridge‚ listening to the radio‚ talking about a new book that Mia wanted to read for the 5th time this week and cracking jokes. It was a pleasant evening‚ everything was happening as usual. Mia had not expected that the next 5 minutes would change everything. A huge red truck was rushing towards
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In “Enough About You” (2006)‚ Brian Williams argues that people today are very self-absorbed and that media and culture revolve around this way of thinking. He develops his idea by pointing out that America today is not the same as it used to be (“Diaries once sealed under lock and key are now called blogs. Intimacies that were once whispered into the phone are now announced unabashedly into cell phones…”)‚ especially because the “culture” nowadays surrounds the self-centered way of thinking through
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Social Problems - Prison Reform Is it time to give up on rehabilitating criminals? Nearly one in every one hundred adults in the United States is in jail or prison today. With such a high number of Americans going to prison and eventually trying to re-enter society with a chance of becoming law abiding citizens they must be prepared for life on the outside. Survival is one of the key elements of human nature. People will do whatever they feel necessary to survive; due to the lack of
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In recent discussion of vegetarianism‚ a controversial issue has been whether we should eat meat or not. On one hand‚ some argue that eating meat is a part of life and the only way to live. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that eating meat is morally wrong and we should only eat plants. According to Drew Ramsey‚ author of “Meat Is Brain Food” it is problematic that the “…American diet [consists] of processed foods laden with sugars‚ salt‚ and…fat” (Source A). However‚ eating plants exclusively
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