Go to Paragraph Builder - Writer's Den and review paragraph structure.
Go to: TOEFL-Prep Site and complete lessons 1-4.
Consider what the purpose of your paragraph will be. Below are some different purposes for paragraphs. Please review.
Stating: Making an assertion.
Restating: Putting into different words an assertion already made for purposes of clarification and/or adjustment or emphasis.
Supporting: Providing evidence for an assertion.
Concurring: Agreeing with another author's assertion.
Qualifying: Restricting the meaning of an assertion already made.
Conceding: Acknowledging the presence of a fact or perspective that calls into question that author's own assertions.
Negating: Offering reasoning or evidence to demonstrate the falsehoold of an assertion.
Expanding: Stating at great length or more comprehensively an idea or assertion already expressed.
Analyzing: Breaking an assertion down into its constituent parts in order to clarify or evaluate it.
Defining: Stating the meaning of a word or words previously or subsequently used.
Describing: Naming one or more features of an object or concept, to help the reader imagine it precisely or understand it fully.
Exemplifying: Giving an illustration of what is meant by a previous statement or giving a concrete instance that will help make the point credible.
Comparing and constrasting: Examining
objects alongside each other for the purpose of clarifying their
features, evaluating them or noting differences and
similarities.
Narrating: Telling a story describing an event or series of events
Evaluating: Making judgement about something discussed previously
Synthesizing: Combining elements of previous paragraphs into a coherent whole; often this includes presenting a new perspective on the subject.
Summarizing: Restating the principal idea or the outline of an argument or point already introduced.
Transitioning: Moving from one aspect of the argument to another by connecting the points for the reader.
Assignment: Select five types of paragraphs above and write that type of paragraph.