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Developing

Paragraphs

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How do you begin a paragraphHow do you begin a paragraph

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a quotationa quotationexample :

No man is an island, so everybody says.

an intriguing statementan intriguing statementexample :

He is the scourge of scholars, cum laudeseekers, graduating students, and ofcourse, the lazybones

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an anecdote or an incidentan anecdote or an incident

example :

The different faces that I see everyday arestamped with the heels of life.

a questiona question

example :

What is love ?

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How do you end a paragraph ?How do you end a paragraph ?

a brief summarya brief summary

example :

Love is divine gift, a precious possession, a

priceless heirloom; it is something to becherished, to be felt, to be experienced and tobe lived!

a quotationa quotation

example :A modern Midas once exclaimed, Who wantsmoney? Here take all of it from me !

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a challenge to acta challenge to actexample :If by chance, you happen to be in Mr. Stingys

class, you are in for a difficult semester. Dosomething before its too late !

a questiona question

example :Is someone looking at your face? What does hesee?

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Writing Activity :

Develop a paragraph about friendshipwith a quotation as the beginning and

a challenge to act as the ending. Develop a paragraph about marriage

with a question as the beginning and

a quotation as the ending.

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Methodsof

Paragraph Development

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DescriptionDescription

is a form of discourse, a rhetorical device that dependsheavily on words that appeal to the senses: sight,hearing, taste, smell, touch, feeling, and motion.

its aim is to concretize or portray a sense impression in aprecise manner; create the desired mood; and make thereaders see, hear, taste, smell or feel and experience ,though vicariously, whichever you want them toexperience.

to accomplish these, you must use a lot of picturewords, figures of speech, exact or concrete words,plenty of details and even symbols.

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Example :

In Dagupan City, the earthshaker brought abouta destruction to severe -- houses, schools,department stores, and other structures sankseveral feet deeper; others swayed and leaned

on one another like a row of Leaning Towers ofPisa. The Shaker left large, ugly cracks on thestreets --- a vehicle once in, could no longer getout. Water leaped out of their beds carryingwith them a great number of fish, big and smallalike. Fish was for grabs, gratis !The damage was so extensive, Dagupan Citywas a sorry mess !

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NarrationNarration

is a rhetorical device used by writersto illustrate a point, clarify an idea, or

reinforce an explanation. narratives may be classified as

anecdotes, incidents, character

sketch, short story or novel.

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AnecdotesAnecdotes are short narratives that illustrate asingle, definite point.

An incident is a short narrative form that

focuses on the character of the narrator or, aperson involved in the event of being told. It isa brief, simple and deals with one situation.

Character sketchCharacter sketch is a portrait of a person in

words. The character sketch makes use ofobservable factors : the subjects physicalappearance, his speech or what he says.

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A short storyshort story is a narrative form whichhas very few characters, a minimumnumber of incidents, and can be read in

just one sitting.

A novelnovel is a narrative prose fiction, havingall the elements of the short story

although it has many more characters, amore complicated plot and even sub-plots.

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Example :

As I slouched in my seat near the openwindow in our economics class, I could feelthe soft October breeze gently caressing myface and lulling me to sleep. Simultaneously,I caught a whiff of the cloying sweetness ofJerrys hair pomade. In the kaleidoscope ofmy crowded brain, I could see the pictureson the walls, (red, green and yellow); the

girls uniform (pink and brown); and Mr.Davids shirt (dark blue and gold plaid) --- allblending into a multi-colored blur.

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Example :

Art may be classified as :visual arts (painting,sculpture, photography); phonetic art(literature); performing arts (dance, music,drama, stage); functional art (architecture);the fine arts: ethnic or folk art; the combinedarts like ballet (which is music and dancecombined); the opera (which is music,literature and stage drama rolled into one);

and the film/movies (which combines music,drama, photography or cinematography andliterature).

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Cause and EffectCause and Effect

cause (a motivating force, a situationor an event)

effect (results produced by a cause)

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