Unit 3: Task 6 - Third Collaborative Activity

Unit 3: Task 6 - Third
Collaborative Activity
Types of Essays
GROUP: 551016_10

ZONA CENTRO BOGOTA CENTRO:
CEAD JOSÉ ACEVEDO Y GOMEZ
ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
LEONARDO SIERRA SIERRA
CODE: 80136388
BOGOTA, MAY 11th
2018

ARGUMENTATIVE
According to Baker, Brizee and Angeli (2013) “The argumentative essay
is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic;
collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on
the topic in a concise manner. In addition, in this essay, the author has
the chance to give the opinion about the topic that has been
researching. It proves opinions, theories or hypothesis. (The
argumentative essay, 2008).

ARGUMENTATIVE
Thesis
statement
• Main Argument
Pro idea 1
• Here will go the first idea that supports the thesis statement
Pro idea 2
• Here will go the second idea that supports the thesis statement
Cons +
Refutation
• Here will go the ideas that disagrees with. In this part the author will
have to specify these opinions in order to refute them
Conclusion
• Here will go the conclusion of the essay, it must be effective and
logical
(Baker, Brizee, & Angeli,, 2013)
(The argumentative essay, 2008)

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
(argumentative essay example, 2018.
[IMAGE].Retrieved from
https://500wordessay.org/argumentative-essay/
)

ARGUMENTATIVE OUTLINE
Paragraph 1
•Introduction of the essay
•Thesis statement
Paragraph 2
•Topic sentence (first piece of the statement to support the thesis).
• There is an example, evidence or quotation
• Explanation the example, evidence or quotation
Paragraph 3
•The second topic sentence that supports the thesis.
• Provide example, evidence or quotation
•Explanation of the example, evidence or quotation
Paragraph 4
• Conclusion.
• There is a summary of the 3 previous topic sentences that support the thesis.
• Gives the final opinion about the thesis.
(argumentative essay example, 2018)

REFERENCES
Acces to English - Social Studies. (2008). [web-page]. Four types of essay:
expository, persuasive, analytical, argumentative. Retrieved April 26, 2018, from
https://access-socialstudies.cappelendamm.no/c319365/artikkel/vis.html?tid=382115
Argumentative essay samples. (2018). [image]. 500wordessay.org. Obtenido de
https://500wordessay.org/argumentative-essay/
Baker, J., Brizee, A., & A. E. (2013). [web-page] Purdue Online writing Lab.
Argumentative Essays. Recuperado el 26 de April de 2018, de
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/

Parts
Introduction
• It has three purposes: it captures the reader’s interest, it suggests the importance of the
essay’s topic, and it ends with a thesis sentence and this one can be based on two or more
related points.
Body
• Begins with a topic sentence. If the thesis contains multiple points or assertions, each body
paragraph should support or justify them, It´d be better if it follows the order of the
assertions originally stated in the thesis. Thus, the topic sentence for the first body
paragraph will refer to the first point in the thesis sentence and the topic sentence for the
second body paragraph will refer to the second point in the thesis sentence.
conclusion
• It reconfirms usually the thesis and leaves a reflection or something to think about. It may
also encourage the reader to act according to the points that the essay exposes.

EXAMPLE
Examples of narrative essays.
(n.d.).[PDF]. Retrieved from
https://www.saylor.org/site/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/K12EL
A7-Unit1.7.1-
ExOfNarrativeEssays-BY-SA.pdf

Outline Narrative Essay
Introduction
Everything had been totally different that Sunday morning, when the two boys
had set out on their walk up the cool, pine-scented mountainside near the village
where they lived.
Body
Paragraph
On clambering down, Peter had tumbled awkwardly to the ground, his leg
bent at a painful angle beneath him. Unable to move, he was forced to wait
where he was, wrapped in Michael’s jacket, while Michael had begun the
long trek down the mountainside to fetch help. Then Michael got an
helicopter, and the pilot and the three mountain rescue workers in the
helicopter agreed that they would have to go back and continue the search
for Michael'’ friend, Peter, on foot.
Conclusion
The doctors decided to keep Peter at the hospital for the night in case of
complications with his leg.
Before leaving, Michael looked down at his friend and patted his shoulder as,
silently, they both vowed never to go walking in the mountains again.

References
Examples of narrative essays. (n.d.).[PDF]. Retrieved April 25,2018, from
https://www.saylor.org/site/wpcontent/uploads/2013/12/K12EL
A7-Unit1.7.1- ExOfNarrativeEssays-BY-SA.pdf
Narrative Essay. (n.d.). Essay info writing guides. Retrieved April 25,2018,
from https://essayinfo.com/essays/narrative_essay.php
Santa Barvara city college. (n.d.). Structure of a Personal Narrative Essay.
[PDF]. Retrieved April 25,2018, from
https://www.sbcc.edu/clrc/files/wl/downloads/StructureofaPerso
nalNarrativeEssay.pdf

CEAD – JAG Bogota
DESCRIPTIVE
John Wills
79802990
Bogota, D.C. May of 2018

Descriptive
A descriptive essay is a writing which explains in a detailed
way an event, person or something named main topic, so that
the reader will be able to comprehend the text by using the
imagination. According to Hamilton (2011), “a descriptive
essay paints a portrait in words. Its purpose is to bring to life,
on the page, an event, experience, person, place, or process.
Descriptive essays go by a variety of different names:
expository (which “exposes” a topic through description),
narration (which tells a brief anecdote or story), description
(which evokes a mood through a description of a place),
process analysis (which tells how to do something, step by
step)” (p.78).

Descriptive
Introduction /
Beginning
Body /
Middle
• Establishes the purpose
• Sets the tone for the overall impression
• May begin with a general statement followed by more
specific statements related to the purpose
• Specific details, examples or reasons
• Anecdotes or “narrative chunks” may serve as details or
examples.
• Transitions connect the ideas in a logical way
• Transitions assist the flow from paragraph to paragraph
• No prescribed number of paragraphs
Conclusion /
End
• Gracefully ends the essay
• May include a restatement of the writer’s opinion or the main idea
• May summarize the information given in the body
• Reader should have a sense that things are “wrapped up.”

Descriptive
Smith, M. (2002, February 1). The curse of
the Dump. Retrieved from
https://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Dump.
html

Descriptive Outline
The Dump is a strange and repulsive place, where people tend to bury the human
spirit along with their refuse.
The dump is an awful place to work on, the idea that we can find a lot of swarm
of rats, worms, etc. is really an overwhelming one. Even the people who works
on there, shows no emotion, there's no life in their face expressions, it seemed
like they're burying their sorrows and pains, together with the rubbish.
The Dump is an eerie and malodorous place, where we tend to bury our spirit--our
very humanity, along with our refuse. The Dump is a metaphor for death, a
graveyard laden with the excess of society.

References
Hamilton, C. (June 2011). Anthem Guide to Essay Writing. Anthem Press India. Retrieved from:
http://bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx
?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1105242&lang=es&site=eds-live
Nebraska Department of Education. (2008). Characteristics of the descriptive essay (PDF).
Retrieved from: nde.ne.gov/Assessment/pdfs/Characteristics_Descriptive_Essay.pdf
Smith, M. (2002, February 1). The curse of the Dump. Retrieved from
https://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Dump.html