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Now here's a new point. This is really important. As you keep going in your paragraph writing, you can use examples and illustration (例え、実例) to make things more interesting in your writing:
例えば：
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school. In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. (…)
To make your topic and examples stronger, you can even break up the paragraph into smaller, separate paragraphs for more interesting effect:
例えば：
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school.
(here, make two separate paragraphs)
In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. (…)
そしたら・・・
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school.
In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. (…)
Give more examples as well:
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school.
In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. It is incredible! In my Japanese class, there are students from eight different countries, and each one of them speak great English. Some of them could already speak two or three other languages before they came to this university.
Show different ideas as well. You can make them into separate paragraphs for stronger effect. From here, you now have the basics of a composition (作文):
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school.
In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. It is incredible! In my Japanese class, there are students from eight different countries, and each one of them speak great English. Some of them could already speak two or three other languages before they came to this university.
Right now, the university is preparing for the school festival, and I cannot wait to see the food stands they will have and all the different kinds of food from all over the world they will serve. I can sample Indian curry, Turkish kebabs, souvlaki from Greece, and roast pork from Nigeria. Even more, I can also see an Ethiopian coffee ceremony, and try Korean herb tea with some great Taiwanese sweets.
*IMPORTANT POINT: when you give examples or illustrations, you usually group them by their first letters in the alphabet, or by the first letters in the alphabet of the most important words.
You can also group things that go together in a natural way by kind, type, area and/or place (例えば：coffee-tea, fish-rice, family-home, China-Japan など)
I - Indian curry
T -Turkish kebabs
souvlaki from Greece (G)
roast pork from Nigeria (N)
an Ethiopian coffee ceremony (E)
Korean herb tea with some great Taiwanese sweets (K, T) —> herb tea-sweets (herb tea and sweets can often go together), Korea-Taiwan (both in east Asia).
Now you can go on to my next part about conclusions (終わり) in composition paragraph writing!
Now here's a new point. This is really important. As you keep going in your paragraph writing, you can use examples and illustration (例え、実例) to make things more interesting in your writing:
例えば：
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school. In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. (…)
To make your topic and examples stronger, you can even break up the paragraph into smaller, separate paragraphs for more interesting effect:
例えば：
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school.
(here, make two separate paragraphs)
In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. (…)
そしたら・・・
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school.
In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. (…)
Give more examples as well:
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school.
In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. It is incredible! In my Japanese class, there are students from eight different countries, and each one of them speak great English. Some of them could already speak two or three other languages before they came to this university.
Show different ideas as well. You can make them into separate paragraphs for stronger effect. From here, you now have the basics of a composition (作文):
University is a whole new world for me, and I will tell you how. My life at my university is good and I have made many friends here. The classes are hard, but so far I enjoy this school. But it is more than just about studying. It is a life unlike the one I had in high school.
In high school, I went to school with kids I grew up with from my elementary school days. In my university, however, I go to classes with all different kinds of people, and even some from other countries. For example, in my history class I sit next to a student from Malaysia. I have never met anyone from Malaysia before, so I am learning as much about culture as I am about history in that class. It is incredible! In my Japanese class, there are students from eight different countries, and each one of them speak great English. Some of them could already speak two or three other languages before they came to this university.
Right now, the university is preparing for the school festival, and I cannot wait to see the food stands they will have and all the different kinds of food from all over the world they will serve. I can sample Indian curry, Turkish kebabs, souvlaki from Greece, and roast pork from Nigeria. Even more, I can also see an Ethiopian coffee ceremony, and try Korean herb tea with some great Taiwanese sweets.
*IMPORTANT POINT: when you give examples or illustrations, you usually group them by their first letters in the alphabet, or by the first letters in the alphabet of the most important words.
You can also group things that go together in a natural way by kind, type, area and/or place (例えば：coffee-tea, fish-rice, family-home, China-Japan など)
I - Indian curry
T -Turkish kebabs
souvlaki from Greece (G)
roast pork from Nigeria (N)
an Ethiopian coffee ceremony (E)
Korean herb tea with some great Taiwanese sweets (K, T) —> herb tea-sweets (herb tea and sweets can often go together), Korea-Taiwan (both in east Asia).
Now you can go on to my next part about conclusions (終わり) in composition paragraph writing!
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