Objectives
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.
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