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Essay Writing 14-13

Exercise 1: Identifying Differences between a Paragraph and an Essay
Read the two texts in the table below. The paragraph in the left column was written by a
student. He was then asked to develop the paragraph into a short essay. Read the paragraph
and the essay and draw conclusions about the differences between a paragraph and an essay
in the summary table that follows the texts.

Paragraph Essay

Although there are many benef its to eating Why veggie?
vegetarian food, I believe that university stu- It was when I was chatting with a couple of
dents should not become veggies for a number freshmen at my university that I found out why
of reasons. The f irst reason is teenagers may they have given up meat and become veggies.
lack signif icant nutrients and minerals that Some of them said meat lying on the dish was
can only be found in meat. Another drawback not food; they were corpses, and he also asked
for those who are vegetarians is that they will me if I never felt disgusted by these things. In
f ind it hard to have lunch or dinner, especially my opinion, although there are many benef its
on university campuses. Finally, for students to vegetarian food, I believe that university stu-
being vegetarian leads them to lose more dents should not become veggies for a number
money because vegetarian food can be more of reasons.
expensive than normal food. Although I do not
mean that being vegetarian is not right, the Obviously, being vegetarian for teenagers
teenage and student years are just not the right increases the chance of lacking significant
time to start being a veggie. nutrients and minerals that can only be found
in meat. Many studies have proved that
vitamin B2, vitamin B12, calcium, folic acid
and iron are crucial for teens and students, as
they are still growing. Lacking these kinds of
valuable vitamins and minerals leads them to
have many health problems. For example, in
one of the worst cases, female students who
have their period and refuse to eat iron-rich
meat can get anemia. This kind of disorder
directly reduces their ability to learn and enjoy
activities that their peers can do easily.