Patrick Anthony E.

Ngojo
English 01 (OSMA1-E)
 A paragraph is a group of sentences that
fleshes out a single idea. In order for a
paragraph to be effective, it must begin with
a topic sentence, have sentences that
support the main idea of that paragraph,
and maintain a consistent flow.
 For our purposes, here are the basic types of
paragraphs:
 Narrative
 Exposition
 Descriptive
 Persuasive
 Tells a story
 Uses specific details
 Is not a mere listing of events- it has
characters, setting, conflict, and resolution
 Time and place are usually established
 Usually chronologically organized
So now on nights when my mother presented her
tests, I performed listlessly, my head propped on
one arm. I pretended to be bored, and I was. I got
so bored I started counting the bellows of the
foghorns out on the bay while my mother drilled me
in other areas… The next day, I played a game with
myself, seeing if my mother would give up on me
before eight bellows. After a while, I usually
counted only one, maybe two at the most. At last,
she was beginning to give up hope.
 Informative/explanatory
 Can be included incidentally with narrative
or descriptive, but can also stand alone.
 The challenge of writing an exposition
paragraph is your credibility – how do I
know that you know what you’re talking
about?
Answer: Citations! (from experts)
 Stress is defined as a state of extreme difficulty that
causes mental or physical tension. In a recent study,
teenagers were shown to experience stress as often
as adults. According to the study, the most common
causes of stressors to teens include divorce of
parents, death of a loved one, loneliness, moving to
a new neighborhood, and having difficulty in a social
environment. These stressors can greatly change the
way teens act in many circumstances.
 Series of detailed observations
 Usually not used by itself, but rather as a part
of a whole
 The challenge is to make it interesting
 Imagery
 Sensory details; five senses
 Similes, metaphors
 When I think of the home town of my youth, all
that I seem to remember is dust- the brown,
crumbly dust of late summer- arid, sterile dust
that gets into the eyes and makes them water,
gets into the throat and between the toes of
bare brown feet. I don’t know why I should
remember only the dust… And so, when I think
of that time and that place, I remember only the
dry September of the dirt roads and grassless
yards of the shanty-town where I lived.
 Uses direct approach
 “Believe me and do it!”
 Calls reader to action or to take a stand on an
important issue
 More than just opinion is needed; information,
analysis, and context must be given to the
reader to let him/her make a decision
 Students are currently getting ripped off. Students
who spend an average of 10 hours or more on
extracurricular activities should receive some kind of
academic credit. Most students who are involved in
sports, music, journalism, or theater activities are
actively learning on a daily basis. They attend practice
and events and participate regularly as they would in
class. Furthermore, their participation helps them
become more responsible and disciplined students.
Students are putting forth the effort, and not getting
any recognition for their time.