WRITING A PARAGRAPH OR ESSAY 6118 Paragraph Writing

WRITING A PARAGRAPH OR ESSAY 6/1/18

Paragraph Writing A paragraph has a minimum of 5 sentences and talks about 1 topic. An Essay is a long paragraph (about 1 page or longer).

The first sentence of a paragraph is always indented. (Indent=5 spaces) For example: Bla bla bla bla bla bla. Indent

4 Most Common types of Writing Descriptive, Narrative, Comparison-Contrast, and Persuasive

1. Descriptive Writing calls for close attention to details. Details of sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste.

Adjective Examples Colours/ Colourful Fast, slow Warm, cold, hot Fat, thin, slim Furry, fuzzy, slimy, fluffy Silky, smooth, soft, hard

Descriptive Writing Example 1 • What is this describing? ______ is the time of day when our sky meets the outer space solar winds. There are blue, pink, and purple swirls, spinning and twisting, like clouds of balloons caught in a blender. And then the sun moves slowly to hide behind the line of horizon, while the moon races to take its place on top of the night sky. At the same time, people slow to a crawl, entranced, fully forgetting the needs that still must be done. There is a coolness , a calmness, and peace.

• Below are 4 different paragraph titles. Which title would be a descriptive paragraph? 1. Gandalf vs. Dumbledore 2. My strangest dream 3. A friend who moved away. 4. Transportation is Chiang Mai’s most important problem

Now try to write a short descriptive paragraph describing this picture of an eagle (You have 20 minutes including 5 minutes brainstorm): Possible words and adjectives: wing-span, graceful/ly, majestic, brown/white/yellow, pointy, long, thin, high, snowy, pointy, rugged, fast,