Patterns of Essay Development: Part 5
Directions: Please read the section Student Essays to Consider on page 344 of your textbook. When you have finished reading the two essays, answer the following questions.
- In which supporting paragraph in “Genuine Draft” is the topic sentence at the end rather than, as is more appropriate for student essays, at the beginning?
- Which sentence in paragraph 2 of “Mall People” should be omitted in the interest of paragraph unity?
- What sentence in paragraph 2 of “Genuine Draft” should be omitted in the interest of paragraph unity?
- After which sentence in paragraph 3 of “Mall People” are more supporting details needed?
- Which paragraph in “Genuine Draft” lacks sufficient specific details?
- Label as sight, touch, hearing, or smell all the sensory details in the following sentences taken from “Mall People.”
- “Hearing the music of the antique carousel housed there, Jenny begs to ride her favorite pony with its shining golden mane.”
- “Shouting, ‘I’m starving!’ Fred Jr., drags the family toward the food court, where he detects the seductive odor of pizza.”
- “Mom walks through a fabric store, running her hand over the soft velvets and slipper silks.”
- What are the time transition words used in paragraph 3 of “Mall People”?
- Which topic sentence in “Genuine Draft” functions as a linking sentence between paragraphs?
- What kind of introduction is used in “Genuine Draft”?
- What conclusion technique is used in “Mall People”?
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