In this unit you are going to learn how to organize your reasons and examples sentences.

1. Reasons and Examples
Abdul Aziz Assanosi
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Main Source:
First Steps in Academic Writing (Level 2)
Second Edition
By: Ann Hogue
Pearson Longman

2. Review
• When you write about a fact or something
you believe in, you need to support your
topic sentence with reasons and examples.
• In this unit you are going to learn how to
organize your reasons and examples
sentences.

3. This a paragraph with reasons and examples
• Travelling Abroad
• Travelling abroad is important for two
reasons. First of all, you can learn new
things. For example, you can learn a new
language. People sometimes travel just to
learn English in Europe or USA. Second,
travelling is interesting. People do many
things to themselves, such as sightseeing
or shopping. You can buy new things or
see new places. For these two reasons,
travelling abroad is good.

4. Outline with details
• Topic sentence.
–Supporting sentence 1
• Example
– Detail
–Supporting sentence 2
• Example
– Detail
• Concluding sentence

5. • Travelling abroad is important for two reasons.
– First of all, you can learn new things.
• For example, you can learn a new language.
– People sometimes travel just to learn English in Europe or USA
– Second, travelling is interesting.
• People do many things to themselves, such as sightseeing or shopping.
– You can buy new things or see new places.
• For these two reasons, travelling abroad is good.
Organization

6. Transitional Signals with Reasons
Type one (with comma)
• First,
• First of all,
• Second,
• Third,
Type two (without comma)
• The first reason is
that….
• The second reason is
that ..

7. Transitional signals with examples
Pattern one
• At the beginning of a
sentence:
• For example,
• For instance,
Pattern two
• In the middle of a
sentence:
• ……..,such as …………………
• ……….., for example, ………
• ……….., for instance, ………..
• No comma after such as

8. Conclusion signals with reasons
Pattern one
• For these ….. Reasons
• tow, three, four
Pattern two
• Because of …… and ….
• Indeed
• To sum up