Exercises — Week 21: Week 21 — Exposition Models I: From Particular to General
2 hands-on tasks. Do them in order; each one feeds the Canvas item it names.
35 min · written
1. Particular-to-General Paragraph
- Choose one specific, observable pattern in your school, neighborhood, or city — something you have personally noticed more than once in different contexts.
- Write a paragraph (150–200 words) that opens with two or three specific concrete examples, then moves to a pivot sentence naming the general principle they illustrate.
- Each example must be distinct — different people, settings, or occasions, not variations of a single event.
- Underline your pivot sentence.
Turn in / bring: Complete paragraph with the pivot sentence underlined and each example clearly distinct from the others.
20 min · analysis
2. Structural Analysis
- Find a nonfiction passage of two to three paragraphs that moves from particular examples to a general claim — a science article, policy brief, or journalistic essay.
- Identify the anchor example, count the accumulated instances, and locate the pivot sentence.
- Write one sentence explaining whether the general claim is stronger or weaker because of the structure used to arrive at it, and why.
Turn in / bring: Annotated passage with pivot sentence labeled and one-sentence structural assessment.