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Types of Paragraphs

Types of Paragraphs . Mr. Cowan ENG1PI. Expository Paragraph. Reveals your opinion Used when you are asked to state your view on an issue or topic State your opinion and then support it with 3 or 4 points Follow the “Hamburger” outline

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Types of Paragraphs

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  1. Types of Paragraphs Mr. Cowan ENG1PI

  2. Expository Paragraph • Reveals your opinion • Used when you are asked to state your view on an issue or topic • State your opinion and then support it with 3 or 4 points • Follow the “Hamburger” outline • Ex. You are asked to state your opinion on the cell phone policy at FHCI

  3. Quotes • Direct quotations involve incorporating another person's exact words into your own writing. • 1. Quotation marks always come in pairs. Do not open a quotation and fail to close it at the end of the quoted material. • 2. Capitalize the first letter of a direct quote when the quoted material is a complete sentence. • Mr. Johnson, who was working in his field that morning, said, "The alien spaceship appeared right before my own two eyes." • 3. Do not use a capital letter when the quoted material is a fragment or only a piece of the original material's complete sentence. • Although Mr. Johnson has seen odd happenings on the farm, he stated that the spaceship "certainly takes the cake" when it comes to unexplainable activity.

  4. Quotes • Always open and close a quote: “ ” • Include a comma (The man said, “I saw the boy…” • Capitalize the first letter if it is a complete sentence • Provide a page number for every quote you use (p.27) or (Author 27)

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