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Exercisesⅱ. Cross out the sentence that is not connected to
the topic of this paragraph:
• Books are placed on the library shelves in numerical order. In other words, all the books on one subject are put together under the same number; for example, all books on United States history are numbered 973, and are placed together on the 973 shelf or shelves. Of course, such books are borrowed mostly by students who learn history.
of a paragraph.
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For instance:
• I’ve done my share of leaning on their shoulders over the years. I never felt
there was anything I couldn’t tell my Mom and Dad, and I am the kind who has to get it all out when I have a problem. Over the years they’ve heard it all: the time in junior high when one boy was constantly bugging me, the time in high school when I got caught drinking, the time I wrecked their Volkswagen Rabbit, rough times with my former boyfriend, a.nd on and on….
Exercisesⅰ: Find out the topic sentence of the following paragraph:
• There are two factors which determine an individual’s intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born with. Human brains differ considerably, some being more capable than others. But no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn.
central theme is usually summarized
in what is called the topic sentence.
It often appears at the beginning of
the paragraph; however, it may also
be found in the middle or at the end
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• A paragraph is unified when all the sentences in the paragraph are focused on one central thought or on a single topic; when the writer wishes to introduce a new thought or topic, he should begin a new paragraph. A paragraph is coherent when it develops naturally and smoothly, and one sentence leads logically to another. There are many ways to develop a paragraph, for example, by process, by cause and effect, by comparison and contrast, etc.
Part Three
The Paragraph
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• A paragraph is a unit of thought; it is at once a unity in itself and part of a larger whole, that is, the essay.
• A paragraph is like a mini-essay; it should be unified, coherent and well developed.
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Ⅰ. Effective Paragraphs 1. Unity
• Unity of a paragraph is conce. If all the sentences
in the paragraph lead to one central
theme, the paragraph is unified. The
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• So the second factor is what happens to the individual—the sort of environment in which he is brought up. If an individual is in poor environment, it is likely that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.