Transcript PowerPoint Presentation - STEP-UP TO WRITING

STEP-UP TO WRITING
Writing
The
Introduction
OCCASION/POSITION
STATEMENTS
THE OCCASION:
Is the first part of the
topic sentence
Introduces your
reason to write
Can be any event,
problem, idea or
circumstance
THE POSITION:
Is the second part of
the topic sentence
States what you
plan to prove or
explain in your
paragraph
OCCASION/POSITION
EXAMPLES
AFTER
AS SOON AS
EVEN
THOUGH
SO THAT
WHENEVER
ALTHOUGH
BECAUSE
IF
THOUGH
WHERE
AS
BEFORE
IN ORDER
THAT
UNLESS
WHEREVER
AS IF
EVEN
IN ORDER TO
UNTIL
WHETHER
AS LONG AS
EVEN IF
SINCE
WHEN
WHILE
POWER NUMBER
STATEMENTS
A COUPLE
OF
A NUMBER
OF
NUMEROUS
SOME
A FEW
FOUR
PLENTY
THREE
A MYRIAD
MANY
SEVERAL
TWO
VARIOUS
AND, BUT, OR
STATEMENTS
WHERE, WHEN, WHAT’S
HAPPENING
ACTION TOPIC
SENTENCES
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
QUOTATIONS