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SIMPLE SENTENCE &

DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

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 SIMPLE SENTENCE
This is a standalone independent clause with a subject and verb. Note
that a simple sentence can contain two subjects or two verbs, but not
two of each.

Example:
King Kong and Godzilla destroyed the city.

For detailed explanations, please read the book entitled Basic Writing:
Composing Sentences through PWIM, pages 13 -18.

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 DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

This type provides specific details about what something looks, smells,
tastes, sounds, or feels like. It describes a person, an object, an event, or a
place in detail. The paragraph is organized spatially, in order of appearance,
or by topic.

Please, read the following paragraph and identify the features.

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 MY BEST FRIEND

It is very important to have close friends because they will always be there and they will
not let you go. My close friend’s name is Deniz and he is a very important person to me.
He is tall and has broad shoulders. He stands like a hero protecting the person next to
him. He has a fit body, just like a statue. The features on his face look too pronounced
and he has a small nose. His dark green eyes look harsh, like a dark forest. His lashes are
like lined arrows. He has neatly lined pearly teeth. When he smiles, he looks like a little
boy. Seeing him happy all the time is the biggest thing I want.

Source: https://www.sd43.bc.ca/school/gleneagle/StaffInfo/departments/english/Writing%20Resources/Paragraph%20Writing/Paragraph%20Writing.pdf

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 PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

For your exercise, please visit the following link and watch it carefully.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwCtWfwYlkw

Then, do the Visual Literacy Approach step-by-step instructions:

1. Generate words based on the video and classify them into word classes.
2. Find the words meaning, understand the context, and write down the synonyms.
3. Generate the words into sentences.
4. Analyze the sentences’ structures by using the grammarly.com.
5. In 30 minutes, arrange the sentences into a coherent descriptive paragraph.

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 THANK YOU

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