miércoles, 13 de abril de 2011
martes, 12 de abril de 2011
Paragraph Coherence and Unity
that all of the ideas in a paragraph support the topic sentence of your paragraph and
allow the reader to easily understand the ideas you want to express.
Paragraph coherence can be achieved by using major and minor connectors, these
are also called “transitions”.
Major Connectors: Major connectors help organize the main points of your
paragraph. These can also be expressed as bulleted or numbered lists.
Examples: * First, * Second, * Third,
* Finally, * In conclusion, * To summarize.
Minor Connectors: Minor connectors provide coherence to a paragraph by connecting
the sentences within each of the main parts of your paragraph.
Examples: * In addition, * Others include, * ...,but...
* also * That is, * For example, * For instance.
Paragraph Unity means that the paragraph is about only one main idea or topic. All
the sentences in the paragraph (topic, supporting/detail sentences and sometimes,
the conclusion sentence) are telling the reader about one main topic or idea. If you
have a sentence that is not directly related to your main topic, your paragraph is
considered to “lack unity” or the sentence is “off-topic” and should be removed from
the paragraph.
Each paragraph in your article is a sub-division of your complete article topic.
Essay Types
- Persuasive/argumentative essay. Makes a claim or takes a position and backs it up with statistics, expert opinions, and other evidence. You may review an opposing review and explain why it is wrong and you are right.
Comparison essay. Demonstrates similarities and differences between two topics.
Descriptive essay. Explains the “what, why, how, when, and where’s†of a topic. For example, a descriptive essay about a tree would explain what it’s made of, why it grows, when it grows, and so on.
Evaluation essay. Describes a thing or event and explains its importance, value, and/or relevance. Did you like this thing? Why?
Narrative essay. Tells a story in a sequence of events. There should be some point, lesson, or idea gleaned from this narrative to make the essay meaningful.
LINK:http://homeworktips.about.com/od/essaywriting/a/types.htm
Types of Sentences by Structure
- Simple Sentence – “I love chocolate.” One independent clause (underlined).
- Compound Sentence - “I love chocolate, and I love eating chocolate.” Two or more independent clauses.
- Complex Sentence – “I love chocolate because it’s decadent.” One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses (italicized). Note: according to Wikipedia, a sentence like “The dog chewed up the shoes that I just bought” is a simple sentence, not a complex sentence, because the relative clause “that I just bought” simply modifies the noun without performing any other function. I’m not sure how accurate this is, however.
- Complex-Compound Sentence – “I love chocolate because it’s decadent, and I love eating chocolate because it’s delicious.” Two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
How to Write an Essay: 10 Easy Steps
1. Research: Begin the essay writing process by researching your topic, making yourself an expert. Utilize the internet, the academic databases, and the library. Take notes and immerse yourself in the words of great thinkers.
2. Analysis: Now that you have a good knowledge base, start analyzing the arguments of the essays you're reading. Clearly define the claims, write out the reasons, the evidence. Look for weaknesses of logic, and also strengths. Learning how to write an essay begins by learning how to analyze essays written by others.
3. Brainstorming: Your essay will require insight of your own, genuine essay-writing brilliance. Ask yourself a dozen questions and answer them. Meditate with a pen in your hand. Take walks and think and think until you come up with original insights to write about.
4. Thesis: Pick your best idea and pin it down in a clear assertion that you can write your entire essay around. Your thesis is your main point, summed up in a concise sentence that lets the reader know where you're going, and why. It's practically impossible to write a good essay without a clear thesis.
5. Outline: Sketch out your essay before straightway writing it out. Use one-line sentences to describe paragraphs, and bullet points to describe what each paragraph will contain. Play with the essay's order. Map out the structure of your argument, and make sure each paragraph is unified.
6. Introduction: Now sit down and write the essay. The introduction should grab the reader's attention, set up the issue, and lead in to your thesis. Your intro is merely a buildup of the issue, a stage of bringing your reader into the essay's argument.
(Note: The title and first paragraph are probably the most important elements in your essay. This is an essay-writing point that doesn't always sink in within the context of the classroom. In the first paragraph you either hook the reader's interest or lose it. Of course your teacher, who's getting paid to teach you how to write an essay, will read the essay you've written regardless, but in the real world, readers make up their minds about whether or not to read your essay by glancing at the title alone.)
7. Paragraphs: Each individual paragraph should be focused on a single idea that supports your thesis. Begin paragraphs with topic sentences, support assertions with evidence, and expound your ideas in the clearest, most sensible way you can. Speak to your reader as if he or she were sitting in front of you. In other words, instead of writing the essay, try talking the essay.
8. Conclusion: Gracefully exit your essay by making a quick wrap-up sentence, and then end on some memorable thought, perhaps a quotation, or an interesting twist of logic, or some call to action. Is there something you want the reader to walk away and do? Let him or her know exactly what.
9. MLA Style: Format your essay according to the correct guidelines for citation. All borrowed ideas and quotations should be correctly cited in the body of your text, followed up with a Works Cited (references) page listing the details of your sources.
10. Language: You're not done writing your essay until you've polished your language by correcting the grammar, making sentences flow, incoporating rhythm, emphasis, adjusting the formality, giving it a level-headed tone, and making other intuitive edits. Proofread until it reads just how you want it to sound. Writing an essay can be tedious, but you don't want to bungle the hours of conceptual work you've put into writing your essay by leaving a few slippy misppallings and pourly wordedd phrazies..
LINK: http://www1.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers/
domingo, 10 de abril de 2011
Globalization
As Daniel wrote” technology is another important factor because globalization…”. Currently, we have a lot of machines that makes life easier, for example the computers. Another fact that Daniel mentioned is that globalization has created a big change in business. We can appreciate this here in Costa Rica; there are a lot of multinational companies that provides a lot of new jobs for people. But globalization produces negative effects too, for example because of technology nowadays kids spend more time in front of a computer or playing video games than spending time with their families or playing out with their friends. So, globalization brings advantages and disadvantages, we decide what to do with it.
Post Day Pill
Hi,
If the use of this pill is right or not depends on the situation. For example if a little girl is raped and she get pregnant I think that would be correct giving to this girl a pill like this. On the other hand we have the people who have irresponsible sex and think that taking this pill, they solve the problem and nothing is going to happen. As Gabriela mentioned, it is a controversial topic but I think that this pill should be used only in some special cases that really required it.
The history of secretariat
As we could see on the movie Penny’s life changed. At the beginning of the movie she was a devoted and dedicated mother who stays in home all the day. After her parents death, she assumed a different role, she started to take of the family business. Sometimes she couldn’t attend to her children presentations because she was busy taking care of the horses (family business) and it was so hard to her to do that but at the end of the movie as Hector said, she overcame all the obstacles becoming a successful woman.
English IV: Newspaper Contribution 7: ...
Hi Evelyn,
I am agree with you, everybody has the right of being happy but it is also true that some of us grew up on a society which teach us that the normal marriage is between a woman and a man. I believe that if someone wants to get married with a person of the same sex, on a legal way of course, they should have the opportunity to do it, because doing this they acquire the legal rights of a married couple for example sharing possessions. On the other hand I am not agree with the fact that homosexual people have the right of adopt a kid, I believe that it would be odd and also can cause a trauma on a kid having two mothers or maybe two fathers. For me, a child needs the image of a mother and a father to grow up in a healthy wayMy english blog: Advantages and disadvantages of immigrants in the ...
Hi!!
Sometimes people believe that immigrants only bring negative consequences to the receiving country but this is not true. As you mentioned on your essay immigrants represent an important part of USA culture. Here in Costa Rica immigrants are very important too. Most of the time they work on thing that Costa Ricans do not want to do for example work in construction. Also immigrants contribute with the variety of food that we have nowadays. So, as a conclusion, we can not only see the disadvantages of immigration, we also need to see all the benefits that it brings to the receiving country.