LARS CUSSACK C.

SEPE ENG 1 - CCC 07/18/2019

DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE:

Lake Harriet is a great place to to swim and relax. In the summer, the
water is warm and clean, and the beaches are large enough to accommodate
groups of people seeking relief from a midsummer scorcher. In addition to
swimming, visitors to the lake can go canoeing, sailing, windsurfing, or
fishing. The blue water is a refreshing, tempting sight. The sweet scent of
sun block wafts through the air from sunbathers lying on the beach. Children
laugh and splash in the water, and nearby volleyball games stir passionate
shouts in the heat of competition. Meanwhile lifeguards sit atop their towers
and make sure everyone is safe. In the distance, sail boats catch the soft
breezes that ripple Lake Harriet's surface, and canoeists glide quietly past.
This is what summer is all about!

PROCESS PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE:

Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend can be easier said than done,

but here are five steps that may help the breaking up process. First try to
distance yourself by suddenly becoming busier than usual. The next step is
to calmly tell the other person that how you are feeling.Then gently let him
or her know that you do not want to be together anymore. Then make sure
to be sensitive of his or her feelings and answer any questions that he or she
may have. For example, if the person starts to cry, use kind words to help
comfort him or her. After everything is said and done, take some alone time
for your self because everyone has feelings to sort out after a break up.
Finally, go out with friends and meet new people. With these five steps it will
make the breaking up process smooth for both parties.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE:

The atmosphere of Earth acts like any window in serving two very
important functions: to let light in and to permit us to look out and to guard
Earth from dangerous or uncomfortable things. A normal glazed window lets
us keep our house warm by keeping out cold air. In such a way, the Earth’s
atmospheric window helps to keep our planet to a comfortable temperature
by holding back radiated heat and protecting us from dangerous levels of
ultraviolet light. Just like a window which prevents rain, dirt, and unwelcome
insects and animals from coming in, scientists have discovered that space is
full of a great many very dangerous things against which our atmosphere
guards us.

PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE:

Immigration contributes to the overall health of the American

economy. Despite recent concerns expressed about illegal and some legal
immigration to the United States, this country has largely benefited from the
skills, talents, and ambition that immigrants bring with them. American
businesses gain from a good source of affordable labor, while towns and
cities are revitalized by immigrant families who strengthen communities
through civic participation and the generation of new economic activity. The
United States must continue to welcome new arrivals and help those who
are already here; otherwise, the country will lose the advantages it has over
other industrialized countries that compete against us in the global
marketplace and seek to recruit from a vast pool of unskilled and skilled
global workers.

ANALOGY PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE:

Pupils are more like oysters than sausages. The job of teaching is not
to stuff them and then seal them up, but to help them open and reveal the
riches within. There are pearls in each of us, if only we knew how to
cultivate them with ardor and persistence.