EAP 145 - HU, Weili - Week 1 2/3

Today, we are talking about essay in class.  In EAP 140, there are two different type of essay that students need to write such as compare and contrast as well as cause and effect.  In terms of EAP 145, students are allowed to write argumentative essay.  There is an simple structure of argumentative essay, for example, introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion.  In introduction, a general statement and a thesis statement are needed.  General statement will give some background and thesis statement will provide main idea of essay.  In body paragraph, the structure should be topic sentence, supporting sentences, details/analysis, and conclusion.  The function of topic sentence is giving main idea of this paragraph at the beginning, and idea will be warped by concluding sentence.  Finally, students should write a conclusion to summary.  Before writing, an outline is needed.  For outline, students are going to write a working outline so that they can change it anytime.