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- Greg Malivuk
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- Frank played a prank on a really rural parallel road.
- while, vile, file, pile, bile
- Jack, Zach
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- Paragraph: topic sentence, supporting detail sentences, conclusion sentence
- Short essay: introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, conclusion paragraph
- - The intro paragraph usually includes general information and background on the topic. The last sentence is usually your thesis statement, which explains your main idea or opinion. (This is like the topic sentence of a single paragraph.)
- - The conclusion paragraph starts out by summarizing or restating the main idea, followed by predictions or recommendations for the future, or your own personal viewpoint, or something for readers to think about after they’ve read your essay.
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- Look again at the video games paragraph from last week (page 168-169).
- In my opinion, violent video games are harmful to young people. First of all, studies show that playing… … The two young killers were fans of the video games Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. For these three reasons, I feel that violent video games are harmful to young people and should be controlled--or, even better, banned.
- To make an essay, this paragraph need to be broken apart:
- More children are playing video games today than ever before. In a recent survey, 80% of parents said that their children spend more time playing video games than any other free-time activity. [maybe include a couple of other statistics about video games and young people, or information about how video games are becoming more violent] In my opinion, violent video games are harmful to young people.
- First of all, studies show that playing…
- A second reason that…
- A third reason is that…
- For these three reasons, I feel that violent video games are harmful to young people and should be controlled--or, even better, banned. If children want to play video games, there are many non-violent and educational games available. Video games can teach children to solve problems with violence, or to solve problems with creative, intelligent thinking. How do you want your kids to learn?
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- Homework: Look online for examples of five-paragraph essays and read one or two of them. Pay attention to what information is given in the introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
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