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Argumentative Paragraph

The document provides examples of organizing an argumentative paragraph, including: 1) Expressing an opinion and supporting reasons; 2) Using basic arguments with reasons and specific examples to support claims; and 3) Using transition signals like "for example" and "for instance" to introduce examples and elaborate on reasons.

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Argumentative Paragraph

The document provides examples of organizing an argumentative paragraph, including: 1) Expressing an opinion and supporting reasons; 2) Using basic arguments with reasons and specific examples to support claims; and 3) Using transition signals like "for example" and "for instance" to introduce examples and elaborate on reasons.

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Argumentative paragraph

a. Expresses an opinion and gives reasons to support the opinion


b. Expresses an opinion and gives reasons to support the opinion
c. Basic argument
i. My dad is crazy
1. walks backwards
2. eats soup with a straw
3. thinks the world is flat
d. Basic argument with reasons and specific examples
i. My dad is crazy
1. the way he walks
a. He walks backwards. Not all the time. Only when
he goes to the store and to the bathroom
2. how he eats
a. eats soup with a straw. after he finished sucking all
the soup throught the straw, he then uses the straw
to help him eat the chicken
3. things he thinks
a. thinks the world is flat. says that the pictures of the
earth we see are not real. That they are part of a
conspiracy to teach people the world is round.
e. Exercise
i. Make a basic argument like the example (individual)
ii. Look at topic sentences to see which ones would be for an
argumentative paragraph (group)

f. Read sample paragraph and answer questions (group)


g. Make a outline from paragraph (group)
h. Exercise
i. Organize scrambled sentences (pairwork)

i. Transition signals with reasons


i. Pattern 1
1. First of all,
2. Second,
3. Third
a. The first reason is the excellent system of national
parks
b. The second reason is Costa Rica’s beautiful beaches
ii. Pattern 2
1. The first reason is
2. The second reason is
3. The third reason is
a. With ‘that’ when what follows also has a verb
i. The first reason is that Costa Rica has an
excellent system…
ii. The second reason is that Costa Rica has
many beaches…

j. Transition signals with examples


i. For example
ii. For instance
iii. Such as
1. Pattern 1
a. For example, _____________ (complete sent.)
b. For instance, _____________ ( complete sent)

c. For example, visitors can watch sea turtles come


ashore to lay their eggs.
d. For instance, visitors can watch see turtles comes
ashore to lay their eggs.

2. Pattern 2
a. __________, such as ___________ (nouns)
b. Visitors can see rare birds, such as toucans and
quetzals

c. __________, for example, __________ (nouns)


d. Visitors can see rare birds, for example, toucans and
quetzals

e. __________, for instance, ___________ (nouns)


f. Visitors can see rare birds, for instance, toucans and
quetzals.

3. Notes
a. ** Notice the difference between –such as—and
–for example/instance— There is no comma after
such as!
b. Don’t begin a sentence with –for example/instance
—and not put a verb!
i. The restaurant specializes in shellfish. For
example, fresh lobster and crab. Ø
4. Exercise
a. P. 132 A & B
k. Conclusion signals with reasons
i. For these ____ reasons,______________
1. For these three reasons, nobody should think my dad is
normal

ii. Because of _____________, __________________


1. Because of these reasons, you can see my dad is clearly
crazy.

l.

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