Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Language Focus:
Formal grammar & Style
1. Avoid Contractions
We’ve completed the project successfully. X
We have completed the project successfully.√
Facts
Examples
Physical description
Personal experience
PRINCIPLES OF
PARAGRAPH WRITING (3)
Patterns of Organization
Comparison/Contrast
Cause/Effect
Classification
Process
Definition/Clarification
Argumentation
PRINCIPLES OF ESSAY WRITING (1)
Thesis statement
Generally located at the end of the
introduction, the thesis statement is the
most general, most important sentence in
the essay. It is usually one sentence that
gives the purpose of the essay.
Describing trends
Trends: changes or movements
Numerical items:
costs
production volume
growth
Trends
Three basic trends:
upward downward stable/constant
Bar Graph
Pie Chart
Line Graph
Language of trends
Describing the degree of change
Describing the speed of change
Adjective or Adverb?
Adjective Adverb
slight slightly
sharp sharply
dramatic dramatically
steady steadily
constant constantly