In-class Writing Assignment

What would you do as a parent to prevent a generation gap?

Because parents and their children are from different generations, they have different values and perspectives (points of view about life). Such differences can cause conflicts between the two generations. What are some things you would do as a parent to prevent conflicts between yourself and your children? Identify two or three things you could do. Explain them with examples and details (700–800 words, every other line).

Vocabulary

integral	to occur	financial support	sponsor
acknowledgments	to provide	thanks	advisor
to display	to benefit	disclaimer	supervisor
politeness	common element	source	committee member

Unit 5
Support in Expository Paragraphs

Unit Topics:

Essay organization

An overview of essay development:

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

Essay organization

Objectives In this unit you will:	examine the classification of different types of essays;
	learn ways of organizing essays;
	examine the structure of each type of essay.

Starting up

Ex. 1. Give your explanations of these words (or give synonyms to them):

- to describe

- to compare

- to contrast

- to argue

- to persuade.

Introduction

Ways of organizing essays

Essays are organized differently according to their purpose. Essays can be divided into the following main types:

The descriptive essay

a. Description of object or place

b. Describing a sequence of events

c. Describing a process

d. Describing and explaining

The argument essay

a. The balanced view

b. The persuasive essay

c. The to what extent essay

Compare and contrast essays

a. The contrast essay

b. The compare essay

c. The compare and contrast essays

The descriptive essay

A. Description of object or place

Describe essays require you to state the appearance of something, or to state the major characteristics of it. Note the word state i.e. you are not asked to comment on the subject or to give your personal point of view on it. Questions are often introduced by:

Describe ....

Narrate...

Tell....

Introduction Major aspects of the subject.

description of aspect A

description of aspect B

etc.

Conclusion

B. Describing a sequence of events.

Describing a sequence of events is simply telling a story.

State clearly when events happened or how one event caused another. Questions may be introduced by:

Give an account of ..., Trace ...,

Examine developments in ...

Intoduction

First situation

then A happened

then B happened

etc.

Final situation

Conclusion

C. Describing a process

This is like telling a story but here the connections between the facts must be clearly shown and explained. Group the events into steps or stages.

Examples of such questions are:

Explain/What is the connection between ...

Describe the procedures by which ...