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Now in its fourth variation, Writing educational English , via Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue, is the basic writing textual content to organize high-intermediate and complex university or college-bound English language newbies for educational success.

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A step by step process publications scholars during the strategy of writing paragraphs and essays.
Clear types and sundry perform support scholars to enhance self assurance and a mature writing style.
Examples with educational content material leading scholars for school work.
Appendices supply effortless reference for key writing, grammar, and examine information.

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Step 1 Decide which of the following statements is an opinion, a fact that needs proof, or a specific supporting detail. Write • 0 for opinion • F-NP for fact that needs proof • SSD for specific supporting detail Step 2 Discuss with your classmates what specific supporting details you might use to support the sentences you marked 0 and F-NP. The first three have been done for you as examples. F-NP 1. People who steal identities do a lot of damage before their victims become aware of it. ) o 2. Punishment for identity thieves is not severe enough.

Paragraph 2 DaredevW sports are also becoming popular. Young people especially are increasingly willing to risk life and limb3 while mountain biking, backcountry snowboarding, or high-speed skateboarding. Soccer is also popular in the United States now, although football is still more popular. One of the riskiest new sports is skysurfing, in which people jump out of airplanes with boards attached to their feet. Skysurfing rivals4 skydiving and bungee jumping for the amount of thrillsand risk. c.

The Chinese, Hebrew, and Gregorian calendars used today are lunisolar calendars. Kind of logical order: Review These are the important points covered in this chapter. 1. Every good paragraph has both unity and coherence. 2. You achieve unity by • discussing only one idea in a paragraph. • always staying on the topic in your supporting sentences. 3. You achieve coherence by • repeating key nouns. • using consistent pronouns. • using transition signals. • arranging your ideas in some kind of logical order.

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