CONCRETE SUPPORT 1

Group 5The members are :

We will discuss about :

Facts vsopinions

Concrete supporting

details

Definition of Concrete Support

Concrete support is the supportingor additional sentences in aparagraph which truth and isn’ttaken by opinion .

The aim of concrete support is tomake paragraph have strong supportto prove the statement in thatparagraph.

Facts

Objective statements of truths

Facts vsOpinion

Opinions

Subjective statements based on a person’s beliefs or

attitudes

The examples of facts

Paris is the capital city of France

Monday is always before

Tuesday The stomach juices can dissolve a

razor blade

The example

of opinion

Men are better

drivers than women

Americans are only

superficially friendly

Engineering students

don’t need to take a lot of

english course

Concrete supporting details

Example Statistics Quotations

The most common are used in concrete supporting details :

1. Example

There are 2 cautions you should keep in mind if you use examples for support :

First,remember that in formal academic writing – research paper,theses and the like personal examples are considered

weak support ,so use them infrequently

Second,be sure that your examples really prove your point

Language and PerceptionAlthough we all possess the same physical organs for sensing

the world – eyes for seeing,ears for hearing,noses for smelling,skin forfeeling,and mouths for tasting-our perception of the world depends toa great extent on the language we speak.Scholars have discoveredthat we cannot perceive things that we have not named.Each languageis like a pair of eyeglasses through which we “see” the world in aparticular way.A classic example of the relationship between languageand perception is the world snow.In the English language,there is onlythat one word to describe all of the possible kinds of snow.In Eskimolanguage,however ,there as many as thirty-two different words forsnow.For instance,the Eskimos have different words for fallingsnow,snow on the ground,snow packed as hard as ice,slushy snow,wind-driven show,and what we might call “cornmeal” snow.Incontrast,cultures that rarely experience cold weather and snow mayhave only one word to express several concepts that are differentiatedin English.The ancient Aztec languages of Mexico,for example,used onlyone word to mean snow,cold,and ice.

2. Statistic

World population GrowthThe world’s population has been increasing

dramatically.According to a United Nations chart ofworld population growth,the world’s populationsuddenly multiplied in the nineteenth and twentiethcenturies.At the beginning of the Christian era,theestimated world population was 200 to 300 million.Ittook more than 1800 years for the population toreach one billion.Then in less than one hundredyears,the figure doubled to two billion by 1930.By1975,when it reached four billion,it had doubled againin less than fifty years.The united Nations hasprojected an increase to more than six billion by theyear 2000.

There are 3 steps to using stastics :

Decide what main idea the graphs illustrate and write this

idea as a topic sentence.

Write five to eight supporting statements,using the statistical

information shown in the graphs.Be sure the mention

the source of your statistics in your paragraph

Ask a classmate to check your paragraph against the Peer Editing

Checklist at the end of the chapter before you hand it in.

Conclusion

Use concrete supporting details toprove your points

Don’t use opinions for support Use examples,extended examples,or

statistics as support

Thank you for your attention

And Good evening