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2. What can older people learn from your generation?
I think that older people can learn that people are on social media more thank anything else. I think they can learn that because it is true. I know that they could learn this because they are still alive and hopefully have children plus their grandchildren. Please give me brainliest!
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This module focuses on the examples we use to explain our positions. In our previous modules, you practiced both using specific sensory details to convey an impression and selecting specific events to tell a story. In both cases you were using examples to illustrate a point and guide your reader to a conclusion. As we further explore academic writing, you will find that harnessing the power of such examples is the key to persuading audiences of the legitimacy of your perspective. Examples may be descriptions, narrations of short events, or facts from observation or research.
As we proceed, you will learn about writing essays that use examples to support a thesis, the statement that clearly expresses your perspective on a topic. You will see how writing clear, focused examples to support general statements helps interest or persuade readers. You will also evaluate the examples included in both professional and student writing. Finally, you will use these skills to write an example essay.
Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:
Identify the characteristics of effective writing using examples
Identify general and specific information and explain how these levels interrelate
Identify emphatic order as an effective organization strategy for example writing
Describe how authors use examples to make a point, given a model essay
Compose an example essay using the steps of the writing process
Just as we all use narratives to tell stories about who we are and what we are doing, we routinely use examples in conversation to make ideas clear to others. In both your academic and professional life you will be expected to provide such examples in writing to clarify and support your respective points of view. As we saw in the last module, given the complexity of language and its connection to the world (by its nature our words are never an exact replication of the universe we inhabit), every time we communicate we are establishing a perspective that we are asking others to believe. In writing, examples illustrate general observations and thesis statements in a more interesting, persuasive way. Good writers use many examples that relate to a reader’s experiences, hoping to convince them that the points they are making are believable.
Examples can be used throughout the essay: in the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion . They are usually most prominently discussed in the body paragraphs which make up the majority of a paper.
Examples are used in all essays to help support general statements
Examples describe or illustrate major points
Examples may be facts, descriptions, or narratives (events)
Examples should be specific and relevant to the general statement that they illustrate
Building a Better Wordhouse: General and Specific Information
In order to truly understand how examples can help persuade an audience to believe a persuasive point, it is necessary to understand the difference between general and specific information. Indeed, an example essay can be thought of as a collection of these kinds of information: general claims are the large points a writer makes, while specific examples and details explain those points.
The largest general statement a writer will make is his or her thesis statement , the main idea that a whole paper is trying to get across. This is the statement that expresses the persuasive perspective that ties everything together. We can liken a thesis to the foundation of a house: everything rests on it and is connected to it in some way. Because it is making a general claim about something, such as “The Funjammer Playcore is the best video game console in its price range” or “Tennessee is a surprisingly fun and affordable place for a winter vacation,” it is not itself an example but is the statement to which all the other information in a paper must relate.
The purpose of the more specific information that populates the rest of an essay is to shed light on this thesis statement; to go back to our house construction analogy, the examples make up the framing that sits on the thesis’s foundation and provides structure. If we want to carry this comparison even further, we could say that the specific details that explain the examples are the interior decorating that makes a house a home.
My Dinner with Allison: Making a Case for your Cousin’s Cooking Using General and Specific Information
For example, let’s say you want to write a simple piece explaining how well your cousin Allison cooks. Your thesis, then, could be something like, “My cousin Allison is a masterful cook.” One way to explain that someone is a great cook is by including an example to illustrate this general statement, so you could offer the following: “One reason Allison is a great cook is because she always adds something new to old recipes.”
Explanation: I know, because all the A's i got in english told me i know what i was doing.
By the way, this is all of the notes I took in class in the past years.
Hope this helps!!!
