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Quarter 4 – Module 5
Develop Paragraphs that
Illustrate each Text Type
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English
Quarter 4 - Module 5
Develop Paragraphs that
Illustrate each Text Type

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Introductory Message
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 Let Us Learn!

Language learning entails that you master the four basic yet fundamental
skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. Among these skills, it is writing
that you need to sharpen with much time, effort, and consistency. Many
learners enjoy reading, listening and speaking yet frustrate in writing. This
section of the module will introduce you to the major text types and lead you
through a step by step writing process.

 Competency 11 - Develop paragraphs that illustrate each text type (narrative

in literature, expository, explanatory, factual and persuasive) ENWC-IIa-2.8

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 Let Us Try!

Let us find what you know about the lesson on this section of the module.
Kindly circle the letter of your choice.

1. What text type that describes an event, process, person, thing or any subject
using modifying words and elaborative expressions?
a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Persuasive

2. What form of writing is used to express an explanation or set of procedures

to others and a text type that is used to express chronology of factual
events?
a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Persuasive
3. What text type that conveys information of a process, system, event or any
subject?
a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Persuasive
4. What text type that is used to express opinion based on facts?
a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Persuasive
5. What is a group of related sentences that discusses a particular subject?
a. Paragraph
b. Cohesive Device
c. Report
d. Story
6. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for narrative writing?
a. Plot
b. Characters
c. Conflict
d. Real Facts

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 7. How to organize a descriptive essay in three ways?
a. Spatially, General to Particular, Chronologically
b. First, Second, Third
c. Plot, Characters, Storyline
d. Judgement, Criteria, Evidence
8. Why is conflict so important to a story?
a. It causes characters pain
b. It provides struggles which make a story interesting
c. It causes battles and war
d. It is not important.
9. This form of writing is used to express an explanation or set of
procedures to others.
a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Persuasive
10. What is a narrative?
a. A story
b. A Poetry
c. A biography
d. A research project

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 Develop paragraphs that illustrate each text type (narrative
Lesson
in literature, expository, explanatory, factual and
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persuasive)

You have come to an avenue where you can now be equipped with a
very essential language skill—writing. Writing requires requisite skills before
it can be thoroughly mastered and might take some time to develop. The
process can be long and tedious but the way to your growth in this aspect is
always worth it. It is about time, that you sharpen your axe as you strike to
the next level of learning how to write in paragraphs.

Let Us Study

You have learned the specific rules on writing direct and indirect
speech. You also have discovered that there are various ways to transform direct
speeches into reported speech considering the kind of sentence is used by the
speaker. Below is an excerpt from a story with dialogues from the characters. Your
initial task is to highlight the direct speeches found and give its equivalent indirect
speech following the rules that govern reported speeches.

“When I burst in that afternoon, she was in conference with an executive of the
Curtis Publishing Company. She introduced me. He bent low from the waist and
shook my hand. Was it true as my mother had told him, he asked, that I longed
for the opportunity to conquer the world of business?

My mother replied that I was blessed with a rare determination to make

something of myself.

‘That’s right,’ I whispered.

‘But have you got the grit, the character, the never-say-quit spirit it takes to
succeed in business?’

My mother said “I certainly did.”

Activity 1.How does the paragraph appeal to you?

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Activity 2. Identifying Major Text Types
Make sense of the jumbled word inside each circle. Write your answer on the
blank provided.

RGAENTAT MEVUI
ARNAIVTER VPECDISRTI POSIXTRYE

Let Us Practice

Paragraph Writing

Let us activate your knowledge on our topic. At this point you are going to
recall ideas and other related concepts you know to make sense of the word
PARAGRAPH. Let us assume that PARAGRAPH is an acronym by providing
meaningful associations that can be linked to the given word.

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 Let Us Practice More

What is a paragraph?
A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic.
Learning to write good paragraphs will help you as a writer stay on track during
your drafting and revision stages. Good paragraphing also greatly assists your
readers in following a piece of writing. You can have fantastic ideas, but if those
ideas aren't presented in an organized fashion, you will lose your readers (and fail
to achieve your goals in writing).

Keeping one Thought

The basic rule of thumb with paragraphing is to keep one idea to one
paragraph. If you begin to transition into a new idea, it belongs in a new paragraph.
There are some simple ways to tell if you are on the same topic or a new one. You
can have one idea and several bits of supporting evidence within a single
paragraph. You can also have several points in a single paragraph as long as they
relate to the overall topic of the paragraph. If the single points start to get long,
then perhaps elaborating on each of them and placing them in their own
paragraphs is the route to go.

There are several types of paragraphs which depends on the writer’s intent
or purpose. If you want to recount a particular event, you would probably need to
write a narrative. When you want to explain how a system or a process function,
you must be writing an expository. If you need to describe a subject you might
choose a descriptive paragraph to effectively highlight your topic. However, if you
want to deal with more challenging topics and logic, you might consider writing an
argumentative essay. Below are the definitions of these text types.
Narrative Paragraph - A narrative paragraph tells a story. Something
happens first, second, third, etc. Of course, narrative paragraphs are used in fiction
as a writer describes the unfolding of events, but they are also found when
describing any actual sequence of activity.

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On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
emerged from the Lunar Module and took his famous first step onto the moon’s surface. He dec

Descriptive Paragraph- A descriptive paragraph is a focused and detail-rich

account of a specific topic. Paragraphs in this style often have a concrete focus—the
sound of a waterfall, the stench of a skunk's spray—but can also convey something
abstract, such as an emotion or a memory. Some descriptive paragraphs do both.
These paragraphs help readers feel and sense the details that the writer wants to
convey.

Sunset is the time of day when our sky meets the outer space solar winds. There are b

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Expository Paragraph – In an expository paragraph, you give information.
You explain a subject, give directions, or show how something happens. In
expository writing, linking words like first, second, then, and finally are usually
used to help readers follow the idea.

On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. Its mission was to go where no human being had gone before—the
moon! The crew consisted of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. The
spacecraft landed on the moon in the Sea of Tranquility, a basaltic flood plain, on July
20, 1969. The moonwalk took place the following day. On July 21, 1969, at precisely
10:56 EDT, Commander Neil Armstrong emerged from the Lunar Module and took his
famous first step onto the moon’s surface. He declared, “That’s one small step for
man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was a monumental moment in human history!

Source text: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html

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 Argumentative Paragraph- An argument paragraph presents a point of view
and provides evidence for the point of view taken. An argument is an opinion
supported by facts. Writers refer to opinions as claims and facts as evidence. The
claim clearly states a stance on a topic or issue. Evidence to prove this claim can
include reasons, personal experience, statistics, confirmed facts, and expert
research.

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Activity 1.1 The Writing Process

You should remember the simple steps in the writing process and familiarize
each so that you will be able to compose a more efficient paragraph later on in this
lesson.

Step 1: Thought line

Thought line – this is where you brainstorm ideas about your subject through
graphic organizers (such as semantic web, Venn diagram, and charts) free-writing
and questioning.

Preparing to Write/Prewriting: Freewriting

In freewriting, you just write whatever comes into mind regarding the topic.
On this strategy, you will have least concern of your grammar or organization but
focus on the richness of the ideas that you can write. Freewriting is a prewriting
process which helps you select the most interesting points among all ideas you can
think about your topic which you can use in writing your paragraph. Here is an
example of a freewriting output.

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Brainstorming
Brainstorming is like freewriting because you write whatever comes into your
head but it is a little different because you can pause to ask yourself questions that
will lead to new ideas. When your brainstorm alone, you “interview” yourself about
a subject. However, brainstorm is also effective in groups where you can generate
much ideas on your topic.

Creating Questions for Brainstorming

Following are two topics with six questions. To begin with, writing from basic
to interesting questions will help you look for interesting answers which may be
used as important points in your paragraph writing.

Idea Mapping
Another way to focus your concept is to use graphic organizer such as the
semantic web. Mark your first list of idea and cluster the related ideas into separate
lists. You can map your ideas like this.

Step 2: Outline

Outline- After brainstorming about your topic, you may proceed to outline. This is a
list of things you want to include in your writing. It must be set in an organized
way so that you can coherently connect all ideas together.

Outlining a paragraph
Outlining a paragraph can be less tricky than doing the whole essay. Recall
your lesson on topic sentence, major points, and concluding statement. Below is an
example of a simple paragraph outline which presents the said terms in acronyms.

Step 3: Rough Line

Rough line- This step refers to your initial writing composition that is now ready for
editing, adding of ideas, and revisions.
Rough Draft
Notice that the ideas on the outline are now turned to sentences to make a
paragraph. Take note that your draft is a work that needs serious editing.

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 Step 4: Final Line

Renaissance art is quite different from the medieval art. While the
medieval art form is based on religious foundation which style is based on
fascinating colorful yet distorted images in mosaic that merges the natural and
supernatural worlds. Its manifestation lacks realism. On the contrary,
Renaissance is more realistic when it comes to perspective and proportion of the
subjects. Comparing Da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks which features fullness of
realistic image of two women and children with Bayeux tapestry which images
depict flat images of infantry soldiers in battle. Middle ages art displays themes
such as war, religion and death while renaissance portrays beauty, perfection
and classics. Taking for example, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. Thus, the difference
between two art movements based on themes and perspective is clear.

Final lines – This is the final step in writing. This is where you already read your
work several times to ruthlessly edit your work for its finalization.

Final Output
This is where you now employ all corrections, additional ideas, and all
necessary editing from your punctuations to the arrangement of ideas.

Renaissance and medieval art are two different art movement. The
medieval art form is based on religious foundation which style is based on
fascinating colorful yet distorted images in mosaic that merges the natural and
supernatural worlds. Its manifestation lacks realism. On the contrary,
Renaissance is more realistic in terms of perspective and proportion of the
subjects and medium. Da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks which features fullness of
realistic image of two women and children is an example of Renaissance art.
While Bayeux tapestry which images depict flat images of infantry soldiers in
battle is art influenced by the medieval art. Middle ages art displays themes
such as war, religion and death while renaissance portrays beauty, perfection
and classics. Taking for example, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. Thus, there is a
clear difference between two art movements based on themes and perspective.

Get ready to practice your knowledge! Identify which writing step is being
described or referred to in each box. Write your answer on the space provided.

Answer: Answer: Answer: Answer:

A plan for or a
Final Edited Work Rough Draft summary of a Brainstorming
writing project or
speech

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 Activity 1.2 Let’s Practice Writing
Consider these four easy steps and you will find that writing is much less
complex than you thought before. Now that you have learned the four steps of
writing, let us now embark to a new challenge. Taking it slowly yet surely, we will
go through simple yet practical activities. On this phase, we will provide you with
examples to follow so you can learn to authentically practice your way to developing
the writing skill in you!
Step 1: Thought Line
Let’s get moving. Using the given concept map, practice brainstorming ideas
about a certain subject you are so interested to discuss. Write it inside the center
box and expand the idea/subject with meaningful associations you can relate to it.
Observe the given example as you proceed.

Step 2: Outline

In this exercise, you will try to create your topic sentence, one major point,
and a concluding statement. A topic sentence is a sentence that essentially tells the
readers what the paragraph is all about. In an outline, we organize our topic
sentences to head each paragraph. You will not yet be asked to do an outline,
rather create one topic sentence from the topic you chose in the previous activity.

Topic sentence:
Major point:
Concluding Statement:

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 Step 3: Rough Line
Take your paragraph outline to the next level. On this stage, you are going to
write five-sentence paragraph based on your outline.

Step 4: Final Line

This is the final step on this exercise. For the final line, revised and edit your
draft to come up with your final output.

Activity 1.3. Beginning Writing

You have been acquainted with the basic writing process which is for sure
has simplified your complex understanding about writing. On this part of the
lesson, you must engage into a challenge that would determine your progress in
this skill. Do not be afraid to push yourself on this new height of learning. It is
maybe daunting at first but the reward of learning is always worth it.

In this activity, you will be asked to write a well-developed paragraph

following the suggested writing process. This module will take you through the
necessary steps until you can finally produce your output/s. Remember, there
must be one paragraph for each major text type: narrative, expository, descriptive
and argumentative. Your first task is to focus on developing your personal narrative
about one’s experience or account on your last memorable experience in school.
Your goal at the end of these activity is to produce a 5-7 sentence paragraph. For
you to keep close with the ideal output, a rubric of is given at the end of these
series of activities
Narrative Paragraph

Free writing

Outline
Scoop all important ideas you can find from your freewriting activity to begin
your outline.
Topic sentence:

Major point 1:

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Major point 2:

Concluding Statement:

Rough line
You are almost there. Keep the smooth connections among your sentences
as you write your rough draft. Don’t give up. You are near the final phase of your
narrative paragraph.

Final line
The idea to keep in mind is that writing is a process that requires patience
and time. You are now to give the best version of your draft work to turn it to your
final output.

Activity 1.4 Writing Descriptive Paragraph

You are now moving forward to another set of tasks. This time, you will be
writing a descriptive paragraph still following the process provided to you so that
you will be guided firmly in creating a quality output. Remember that a descriptive
paragraph is a text type which uses modifying words such as adjectives and
adverbs to describe an event, person, place, thing etc. However, you can expand
your creativity to help your readers engage on the subject you are describing in
your paragraph with the help of sensory images that effectively appeal to our
senses.

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 Let’s begin your descriptive paragraph through prewriting phase. For your
Thought Line, you are challenged to make a semantic map to cluster your ideas.
You will describe in a seven-sentence paragraph a Moorish Banquet. You are
provided with a text that will serve as your reference.

Moorish Banquet

Moorish refers to a tribe of Muslim North Africans who ruled Spain from 711 to 1492. A
Moroccan or formerly a part of the Muslim population of what is now Spain and Portugal is
referred to as a Moor in English. The word is ineffective in defining any group's ethnic
characteristics, ancient or modern. a sumptuous banquet is an elaborate and frequently
ceremonial meal served to a large group of people, usually in a hall.

Now, inside this box, try to gather all ideas that help describe the Moorish
Banquet by drawing a semantic map. It is advised that you do not limit the ideas
you write within the circle to just one word. Allow your thoughts to grow and
become creative. You may refer to the sample semantic web given in the previous
section of this module.

Outline
From your clustered ideas through semantic mapping, kindly lay down your
work to make an outline. Keep in mind that an expository paragraph deals with
exposition of an organized and informative reading text so spending time
formulating your outline really matters.
Topic sentence:

Major Point 1:

Major Point 2:

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Concluding Statement:

Rough line
Please be reminded that you are writing a descriptive paragraph on the given
subject. Accomplish your draft by connecting all ideas you have formed in your
outline. You are almost in the end of completing your descriptive paragraph. Keep
your paragraph both factual and creative.

Final lines
It is time for a final product. Write the best version of your descriptive
paragraph on the space provided for you. Make your editing count. Be sure that
your paragraph should at least contain seven sentences.

Activity 1.5 Writing an Expository Paragraph

Congratulations for making it half way on these series of writing activities.
For this, you deserve a shoulder tap. You are now moving forward to writing your
expository paragraph. This writing task is a little more serious than the previous
activities. In this type of paragraph, you will be asked to look closely on correct
details and facts. Since this type of paragraph is an exposition, you must see to it
that you make your ideas flow in an organized pattern.
It is time to embark to another paragraph writing beginning with our initial
prewriting activities. For your Thought line, you will use questioning for your
brainstorming. Write at least five (5) interesting questions that deal with the
subject. Research facts on the question you think you are interested to discuss the
most. Your topic for this writing activity is COVID-19.
Thought line

Question 1:
Question 2:

Question 3:
Question 4:
Question 5:

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Outline
At this point, you must have notes on facts that answer your question about
your topic. You must also have already decided which of the question you have
formulated draws the best interest for an expository discussion.
Topic sentence:

Major Point 1:

Major Point 2:

Concluding Statement:

Rough line
Connect your ideas in attempt to write your draft paragraph. Always see to it
that your ideas when put together show unity as this is very important element in
making a paragraph. If you are still confused, you can look into various references
to have further knowledge in writing an expository paragraph.

Final lines
It is time for ruthless editing. Read your rough draft several times and
consider deleting, adding and revising some ideas.

Activity 1.6 Writing an Argumentative Paragraph

It must have been a long strenuous brain work out for you but you have to
take a deep breath and hold fast for you are now on your last writing activity. There
is no giving up this time since you are almost in the end so keep moving. You will
need researched facts and reasoning as this writing task is the most challenging
among all the text type presented. Your opinion matters here but be sure to hinge
your point of views on truth and facts.
You are challenged to write an argumentative paragraph with at least seven
sentences. Your topic will be about the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in economy,
business, school, work and normal life activities. Make a stand point on how we
should handle the current problem. To do this, you will be required to make extra

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research to make your argument sound and plausible. Always support your stand
with facts.
Thought line
You can use whatever brainstorming strategy you want for your Thought line.

Use your preferred brainstorming technique to assemble your ideas. The most
crucial sentence that you are going to make is your topic sentence. All of the other
ideas in your paragraph must lead to it. Use the box to freely generate ideas for
your thought line.

Outline
Carefully craft an outline out from your Thought Line. Please be reminded
that your Thought line and Outline make a crucial role for you to complete this
writing task. Your topic sentence must be both factual and argumentative as this is
where all other ideas come.

Final Line
You are about to finish the writing challenge. Keep moving and write your
final output by editing your work.

Congratulations for completing all the tasks. May all the experiences equip
you for the more challenging yet fun-filled lessons that are yet to come.

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 Paragraph Writing Rubric

EXCELLENT GOOD ALMOST NEEDS WORK

5 pts 4 pts 3-2 pts 1 pt

Writing
Students Students Students Students
Process completed all 5 the completed 4 out of completed 3 completed 0 to 2
steps in writing 5 steps in the out of 5 steps steps in the
process. writing process. in the writing writing process.
process.

Topic
Main topic is Main topic is stated Main topic is Main topic is not
Sentence clearly stated in a in an opening not clearly clearly stated.
complete opening sentence but stated but Sentence
sentence with sentence structure sentence structure is not
correct sentence is not correct. structure is correct.
structure. correct.

Content
Student has Student has Student has Student has
written at least 3 written at least 3 written at attempted to write
supporting details supporting details least 3 supporting details
AND all sentences BUT only 2 supporting BUT none are on
are on topic. sentences are on details BUT topic.
topic. only 1
sentence is on
topic.

Organization
Paragraph has a Paragraph is Paragraph is Paragraph is
topic sentence, missing either the missing both missing both
detail sentences in topic sentence or topic sentence topic and
a logical order, and concluding and concluding
a concluding sentence. Details concluding sentences and the
sentence. are in a logical sentence. details are not in
order. Details are in a logical order.
a logical order.

Spelling
There are 0-2 There are 3-4 There are 5-6 There are more
spelling errors. spelling errors. spelling errors. than 6 spelling
errors.

Grammar &
Paragraph has 0-2 Paragraph has 3-4 Paragraph has Paragraph has
Punctuation errors in errors in 5-6 errors in more than 6
Capitalization punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, errors in
capitalization, and capitalization, and capitalization, punctuation,
noun-verb noun-verb and noun-verb capitalization,
agreement. agreement. agreement. and noun-verb
agreement.

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 You have gone through discovering your potential in writing. You also have
discovered that writing is not as hard as you thought. You have found out that there are
simple ways to break down the complexity of the writing process. Let us now recall all
salient points on this lesson. Complete the statements below according to the knowledge
you learned.

My Personal Take Away

I have discovered that there are four main text types namely,

.
I have learned that the writing process can be broken down into four easy steps.
The first step is which uses ( give the three at
least three brainstorming
strategies)
. The second step in the
writing process is The third process in writing is
. Finally, the last step is
. This basic writing process helps me learn writing my
paragraphs
because

.
I realized that paragraph writing is fun
because

. On the other hand, it can also be challenging because

In this section, you will write another paragraph that honors our COVID-19
Front liners. You can use any text type you want depending on your purpose. If you
want to narrate an even involving a front liner, you can write a narrative
paragraph. If you want to describe the effort and sacrifices of these unsung heroes,
you may use descriptive paragraph. If you want to make an exposition on the
enormity of their responsibility, take an expository paragraph. However, if you want
to make some arguments you can do an argumentative paragraph.

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 Let Us Assess

Suppose that you are publishing this through your Facebook wall. Make
sure that your paragraph for our front liners would really count. Accomplish the
activity using the given space below.

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer.

1-4. Determine what text type the paragraphs depict.

1.One of my favorite family experiences was when I went to see Anne Frank’s (a
Jewish victim of the Nazi persecution during World War II) hideout in
Amsterdam, Holland. I had read Anne’s published diary when I was younger, so I
was extremely thrilled to actually have the chance to see where she and her
family hid from the Germans for so many months. I walked up the stairs of an
apartment building and into a room with only a bookshelf in it. From what I
remembered from reading the diary, there was a doorknob behind the books. I
found the doorknob and turned it and there was the secret annex.

a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Argumentative

2. Studying abroad will have long-lasting, positive implications on a student's

future as an academic and a professional. New windows of opportunity will be
flung open the moment an undergraduate boards a plane. Why not make an
appointment with the study abroad center at your university? You have nothing
to lose by starting a conversation today.

a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Argumentative

3.On one corner of my dresser sits a smiling toy clown on a tiny unicycle―a gift I
received last Christmas from a close friend. The clown's short yellow hair, made
of yarn, covers its ears but is parted above the eyes. The blue eyes are outlined
in black with thin, dark lashes flowing from the brows. It has cherry-red cheeks,
nose, and lips, and its broad grin disappears into the wide, white ruffle around
its neck. The clown wears a fluffy, two-tone nylon costume. The left side of the
outfit is light blue, and the right side is red. The two colors merge in a dark
line that

a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Argumentative

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 4.English is the language spoken throughout most of Canada, but in Quebec, the
most populated province, and in areas near Quebec, French is the first language.
Because of this, Canadians recognize French and English as official languages that
are used in business and government. Many people are bilingual and easily go from
French to English and vice versa when speaking with tourists. The farther west you
go, the more English you'll hear, but it is common to meet people throughout the
country who are familiar with both languages.

a. Narrative
b. Descriptive
c. Expository
d. Argumentative

5. It refers to the list of ideas you want to include in your writing.

a. Semantic Map

b. Questions
c. Outline
d. Draft

Answer Key
Answer may vary on those items that are subjective

Pre-test Activity 1.3 Assessment

1. b NARRATIVE 1. a
2. a DESCRIPTIVE 2.d
3. c EXPOSITORY 3.b
4. d ARGUMENTATIVE 4.c
5. a 5.c

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