Identifying Paragraph Organization

Read the following paragraphs and identify each of the parts of the paragraph. More than one sentence may relate to each part.

1. Many young people today are dreaming about careers that they will never be able to have. 2. They may want to be doctors, architects, and engineers. 3. They may even get degrees in these fields only to discover that there is no work. 4. This is already true in many countries. 5. In the United States, many college graduates drive taxis or work in department stores. 6. In Mexico, you can find engineers working in banks, architects running restaurants, and even doctors teaching English. 7. It is unfortunate that no one told them earlier that their chances of finding a good job were slim.

1		topic sentence
2		bridge
3		example 1
4		example 2
5		restatement