This document discusses concrete supporting details and how to use them effectively in paragraphs. It defines concrete support as additional factual sentences that strengthen an argument without relying on opinions. Examples, statistics, and quotations are provided as the most common types of concrete support. Guidelines for using examples and statistics are outlined, such as only using personal examples infrequently and citing sources of statistics. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of concrete supporting details to prove points rather than opinions.

1. CONCRETE SUPPORT 1
Group 5
The members are :

2. We will discuss
about :
Facts vs
opinions
Concrete
supporting
details

3. Definition of
Concrete Support
Concrete support is the supporting
or additional sentences in a
paragraph which truth and isn’t
taken by opinion .
The aim of concrete support is to
make paragraph have strong support
to prove the statement in that
paragraph.

4. Facts
Objective
statements
of truths
Facts vs
Opinion
Opinions
Subjective
statements based on
a person’s beliefs or
attitudes

5. The
examples
of facts
Paris is the
capital city
of France
Monday is
always
before
Tuesday
The stomach
juices can
dissolve a
razor blade

6. 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

7. Concrete
supporting details
Example Statistics Quotations
The most common are used in concrete
supporting details :

8. 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

9. Language and Perception
Although we all possess the same physical organs for sensing
the world – eyes for seeing,ears for hearing,noses for smelling,skin for
feeling,and mouths for tasting-our perception of the world depends to
a great extent on the language we speak.Scholars have discovered
that we cannot perceive things that we have not named.Each language
is like a pair of eyeglasses through which we “see” the world in a
particular way.A classic example of the relationship between language
and perception is the world snow.In the English language,there is only
that one word to describe all of the possible kinds of snow.In Eskimo
language,however ,there as many as thirty-two different words for
snow.For instance,the Eskimos have different words for falling
snow,snow on the ground,snow packed as hard as ice,slushy snow,wind-
driven show,and what we might call “cornmeal” snow.In
contrast,cultures that rarely experience cold weather and snow may
have only one word to express several concepts that are differentiated
in English.The ancient Aztec languages of Mexico,for example,used only
one word to mean snow,cold,and ice.

10. 2. Statistic
World population Growth
The world’s population has been increasing
dramatically.According to a United Nations chart of
world population growth,the world’s population
suddenly multiplied in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.At the beginning of the Christian era,the
estimated world population was 200 to 300 million.It
took more than 1800 years for the population to
reach one billion.Then in less than one hundred
years,the figure doubled to two billion by 1930.By
1975,when it reached four billion,it had doubled again
in less than fifty years.The united Nations has
projected an increase to more than six billion by the
year 2000.

11. 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.

12. Conclusion
 Use concrete supporting details to
prove your points
 Don’t use opinions for support
 Use examples,extended examples,or
statistics as support

13. Thank you for
your attention
And
Good evening
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