Revised 2nd Edition Now Available! Writing Expository Paragraphs helps low-intermediate ESL students recognize the format and building blocks of an English paragraph. This text helps students generate ideas, construct sentences, and compose and edit paragraphs of various rhetorical styles. For each type of paragraph development, there are tasks that enable students to go through the writing process while learning rhetoric-specific format, sentence structures, and punctuation. Writing Expository Paragraphs:Features an introductory unit that includes essential elements of a paragraph and addresses common errors in low-intermediate student writingEncourages student participation in various activities to generate ideasContains issues and socio-cultural topics that motivate studentsProvides units that help students become familiar with different modes of paragraph development and explains the objectives that are expected by the end of each learning unit
AcknowledgmentsTo the TeacherTo the StudentINTRODUCTORY UNITThe ParagraphObjectives Paragraph Format Generating IdeasThe Topic SentenceSupport SentencesUnityCoherenceThe Concluding SentenceThe Complete SentencePhrases and ClausesNon-Idiomatic or Awkward SentencesEnabling Grammar ExercisesSubjects Subject PronounsLinking Verbs and Action VerbsLinking VerbsAction VerbsTransitive and Intransitive VerbsSubject-Verb AgreementEditingParagraph AnalysisUNIT ONEExampleObjectivesPart I: The Example ParagraphParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of an ExampleParagraphThe Topic Sentence of an ExampleParagraphSupport SentencesDetailing Support SentencesThe Concluding SentencePart III: Writing Your Example ParagraphExpressing an Opinion about a TopicGenerating Ideas to Support an OpinionPrioritizing IdeasWriting a Rough DraftPart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesStructure and Use of the Simple Present TenseBasic Sentence Structure-Simple Present TenseUse of Simple Present TenseOpinionsFactual StatementsHabitual ActivitiesUse of Frequency AdverbsPersonal Information about Self or OthersDeterminersArticlesQuantifiersUNIT TWOProcessObjectivesPart I: The Process ParagraphParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of a Process ParagraphThe Topic Sentence of a Process Paragraph Support SentencesThe Concluding SentencePart III: Writing Your Process ParagraphDifferentiating Between Chronologically Ordered and Spatially Ordered ParagraphsGetting Ideas for Chronologically Ordered ParagraphsCategorizing Steps in a ProcessGetting Ideas for Spatially Ordered ParagraphsCategorizing Pierced Parts by LocationPart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesPrepositionsOrdinals UNIT THREEDescription ObjectivesPart I: The Descriptive ParagraphParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of a Descriptive ParagraphThe Topic Sentence of a Descriptive ParagraphSupport SentencesThe Concluding SentencePart III: Writing Your Descriptive ParagraphGenerating IdeasDescribing a PersonDescribing an ObjectDescribing a Scenery or ViewSensory DetailsPart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesAction / Non-action VerbsNoun ClausesUNIT FOURNarrationObjectivesPart I: The Narrative ParagraphParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of a Narrative ParagraphThe Topic SentenceThe Support of a Narrative ParagraphThe Concluding SentenceProverbs and Sayings as Lessons or MoralsPart III: Writing Your Narrative ParagraphGetting IdeasWriting a Rough DraftEditingPart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesDirect Speech and Reported SpeechStatement.Information QuestionYes/No QuestionCommandCommand with the Negative Marker "Not"UNIT FIVEExtended DefinitionObjectivesPart I: Extended DefinitionParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of an Extended DefinitionSingle Sentence Definition as Topic SentenceDefnition SentenceHyphenated Noun PhraseAdjectivesDistinguishing Characteristics as Adjective ClausesPart III: Writing Your Extended DefinitionGenerating IdeasDetermining Class of SubjectListing Distinguishing CharacteristicsConstructing One-sentence DefinitionOutline for the Extended Definition ParagraphCircular DefinitionWriting a Rough DraftPart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesAdjectives ClausesUsing Adjective Clauses to Identify a PersonUNIT SIXCause and EffectObjectivesPart I: The Cause and Effect ParagraphParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of a Cause and Effect ParagraphThe Topic Sentence of a Cause and Effect ParagraphSupport Sentences of a Cause and Effect ParagraphThe Concluding SentencePart III: Writing Your Cause and Effect ParagraphGenerating IdeasDetermining Causes of AccidentsMore AnecdotesPossible Causes of AccidentsAnalysis of Cause Effect SentencesPunctuating Cause Effect SentencesCause Effect StatementsModal Auxiliaries in Cause Effect SentencesPart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesModalsModals and Their MeaningsNegative ModalsModals in the Past TenseOther Uses of ModalsUNIT SEVEN Comparison and ContrastObjectivesPart I: The Comparison and Contrast ParagraphTypes of Comparison and Contrast ParagraphsParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of a Comparison and Contrast ParagraphThe Topic SentenceComparison and Contrast SupportSentencesThe Concluding SentencePart III: Writing Your Comparison and Contrast ParagraphGenerating IdeasDeciding What to Compare or ContrastContrastListing Similarities and DifferencesPart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesCoordinatorsConjunctive Adverb or Adverb PhraseCorrelative ConjunctionsUNIT EIGHTClassificationObjectivesPart I: The Classification ParagraphParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of a Classification ParagraphThe Topic Sentence of a Classification ParagraphWriting a Topic SentenceDeveloping a Classification ParagraphOrdering of CategoriesThe Concluding SentenceRestating a Topic SentencePart III: Writing Your Classification ParagraphGenerating IdeasDetermining Principles for ClassificationWriting Classification SentencesPunctuating Classification SentencesClassification Sentences in the Active Voice or Passive VoicePart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesPassive Voice and Active VoiceThe "By Phrase"Participial AdjectivesUNIT NINEArgumentationObjectivesPart I: The Argumentative ParagraphParagraph AnalysisPart II: Elements of an Argumentative ParagraphStating the IssueTaking a StandAnalyzing Sentences That Expressa StanceDeciding Whether to Compare orGiving Reasons for and Against Your StanceSupporting IdeasRefutationPart III: Writing Your Argumentative ParagraphGenerating IdeasControversial IssuesVocabulary Used in ArgumentationPart IV: Enabling Grammar ExercisesAdverb ClausesSentence TypesUNIT TENIntroduction to the EssayObjectivesPart I: Paragraphs and Essays: Similarities and DifferencesPart II: The EssayEssay AnalysisPart III: Elements of the EssayAttention GrabberThesis StatementBody ParagraphsRelevance of Support Sentences in Body Paragraphs Concluding ParagraphPart IV: Writing Your EssayGenerating IdeasCategorizing IdeasForming Sentences with Words or Phrases in CategoriesWriting a DraftEditingPart V: Enabling Grammar ExercisesCausativeType A: Causative Verbs That Takethe Base Form of the Verb in the Second ClauseType B: Causative Verbs That Take the Infinitive in the Second ClauseIndex