Paragraph/Essay Structure
What are the three parts of an essay?
Introduction, body, and conclusion
Which sentence is NOT unified with the rest?
1. College can be expensive and difficult.
2. Critical thinking is a very important skill for college students to develop so that they can be successful in their careers.
3. Employers look for graduates who can understand information, analyze data, and solve problems.
4. College students need to practice these skills in all of their classes so that they can demonstrate their abilities to potential employers.
Sentence 1
Create an in-text citation:
Creating a paraphrase from the book Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, written by Don Tapscott.
(Tapscott)
Determine what the problem with this sentence is and fix it.
Studying very hard on weekends.
Fragment,
Studying on weekends is very hard.
What kind of sentence is this?
The dog barked and howled.
Simple
What are the three parts of a paragraph?
Topic sentence, supporting details, conclusion
Rewrite this sentence to make it coherent.
The dog ran and is jumping.
The dog ran and jumped.
The dog is running and jumping.
A quote from page 31 of Time Magazine's article "Out of Time," written by Karl Vick.
(qtd. in Vick 31)
Determine what kind of sentence problem this is, then fix the sentence.
Learning a new language is similar to learning to swim it takes a lot of practice.
Run-on sentence
Learning a new language is similar to learning to swim; it takes a lot of practice.
What kind of sentence is this?
A student who is hungry would never pass up a hamburger.
Complex
What are the two types of essay organization that we discussed in class?
Point-by-point and block
Which sentence is not unified with the rest?
1. The planned community of Columbia, Maryland, was designed as a city open to all, regardless of race, level of income, or religion.
2. When Columbia began in 1967, many cities in the U.S. did not allow people of certain races to rent or buy homes.
3. Its developer, James W. Rouse, wanted to build a new city that had fair and open housing options for everyone.
4. HCC has a building named for James W. Rouse.
5. Today, the city's nearly 100,000 remain diverse, as shown by recent census data.
Sentence 4 is not unified with the rest of the sentences
Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Source.” Title of Container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location. Date of Access.
Create a works-cited:
A source from the document "Hurricanes" found on the website Federal Emergency Management Agency, published by Plan, Prepare, Mitigate on 2/12/2013.
"Hurricanes." Federal Emergency Management Agency, Plan, Prepare, Mitigate, 2/12/2013
Determine what kind of sentence problem this is then fix the sentence.
Our results were inconsistent. The program obviously contains an error. A revision of the program is required.
Choppy Sentences
A revision of the program is required because it produced inconsistent results.
What kind of sentence is this?
The dog barked, the cat yowled, and the rabbit chewed.
Compound
What kind of information goes in the conclusion of an essay?
A restatement of the thesis, a summary of the points made throughout the essay.
Rewrite this sentence to make it coherent.
For our vacation, we went to the beach, are climbing a mountain, and went to the city.
For our vacation, we went to the beach, a mountain, and the city.
Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Source.” Title of Container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location. Date of Access.
Create a works cited:
A source from pages 132-133 of the book Reading and Writing in the Academic Community, written by Mary Lynch Kennedy and Hadley M. Smith and published by Prentice Hall in London in 2010.
Kennedy, Mary Lynch and Hadley M. Smith. Reading and Writing in the Academic Community. London: Prentice Hil, 2010, 132-133. Print.
Determine what kind of sentence problem this is and fix the sentence.
The boys were too excited, so they made a lot of mistakes, so the project was a complete failure in the end, so the teacher gave them a D.
Stringy sentence
The boys were too excited and made a lot of mistakes. The project was a complete failure in the end; the teacher gave them a D.
What type of sentence is this?
She wanted to go to the beach, but it was far, so she decided to stay home.
Compound-Complex
What 3 pieces of information belong in the introduction paragraph?
Attention getter/hook, general statements, thesis statement
Rewrite this sentence to be coherent.
She and I went to the park and are eating food, played with a dog, are running after pigeons, and threw a frisbee.
She and I went to the park and ate food, played with a dog, ran after pigeons, and threw a frisbee.
Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Source.” Title of Container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location. Date of Access.
Create a Works Cited:
A source from the article "Reinstitutionalization Following Psychiatric Discharge Among VA Patients with Serious Mental Illness: A National Longitudinal Study," written by Cheryl Irmiter, John F. McCarthy, Kristen L. Barry, Soheil Soliman, and Frederic C. Blow, published in the Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol 78 Iss 4, p 279-286.
Barry, Kristen L. et al. "Reinstitutionalization Following Psychiatric Discharge Among VA Patients with Serious Mental Illness: A National Longitudinal Study." Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 78, Iss. 4, 279-286.
Determine what kind of sentence problem this is, then fix the sentence.
I enjoy amusement parks, I didn't have fun at Great America.
Comma Splice
I enjoy amusement parks, but I didn't have fun at Great America.
What type of sentence is this?
I made a delicious drink after my walk because I was so thirsty.
Complex