English Composition I

Group AGroup AWeek 6Week 6

Prepared by Beatrice HsuPrepared by Beatrice Hsu

Agenda1. Review

• Types of Sentences: Exercise 6, p. 35• Analysis

2. The Paragraph vs. Essay 3. Essays: Classification4. Using Examples 5. Romanization Systems6. Homework7. Refreshing

Exercise 6 (p. 35)1. simple2. complex3. compound4. cc5. simple6. complex7. compound8. compound9. cc10. complex

Form of the English Paragraph

1. A group of sentences that convey an idea

2. Average-length: 5-10 sentences 75-150 words

3. Indention (Indentation)

4. Example: p. 7

5. Sample for analysis: pp. 3-4

6. 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

Rhetorical Modes--Organization

• Narration

• Process Analysis

• Description

• Illustration

• Definition

• Classification

• Comparison & Contrast

• Analogy

• Cause & Effect (Causal Analysis)

• Argumentation

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

1. Composition 1 (Revision of Journal#3—Using Examples)

2. Activity 7 (Paragraph Power 17-19)

3. Preview1. At a Glance: Chapter 4

2. Paragraph Power: pp. 24-29

Refreshing

1. What in today’s class did you find most useful or meaningful?

2. What question(s) remain in your mind as we end this class?

3. What was the least clear to you in this class?