PARAGRAPH CONSTRUCTION

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• PARAGRAPH CONSTRUCTION

USING THE T.I.G.E.R. TECHNIQUE
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T.I.G.E.R-Topic sentence

• Every day, millions of children go to work
  instead of school.

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T.I.G.E.R-Item from the text

• In the fall of 1996, an International Labor
  Organization report revealed that 150 million
  children between the ages of five and fourteen
  work in Asia, Africa, and Central and South
  America.

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T.I.G.E.R-Give an opinion

• This practice of employing children often by
  force to work in sweat shops is a cruel form of
  child abuse which will never change until the
  world takes action.

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T.I.G.E.R.Expand your opinion

• The responsibility to end this abuse lies in
  the hands of those who can speak for these
  voiceless children.

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T.I.G.E.R.Repeat I-E or wrap it up

• Through peaceful protests, such as letter
  writing campaigns and the boycotting of
  businesses that deal in products produced by
  child labor, we can stop this tragic abuse.

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ENTIRE PARAGRAPH

• Every day, millions of children go to work
  instead of school. In the fall of 1996, an
  International Labor Organization report revealed
  that 150 million children between the ages of
  five and fourteen work in Asia, Africa, and
  Central and South America. This practice of
  employing children often by force to work in
  sweat shops is a cruel form of child abuse which
  will never change until the world takes action.
  The responsibility to end this abuse lies in the
  hands of those who can speak for these voiceless
  children. Through peaceful protests, such as
  letter writing campaigns and the boycotting of
  businesses that deal in products produced by
• child labor, we can stop this tragic abuse.

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• T.I.G.E.R.-Topic sentence
• T.I.G.E.R.- Item from the text
• T.I.G.E.R.-Give an opinion
• T.I.G.E.R.-Expand your opinion
• T.I.G.E.R.-Repeat I-E or wrap it up