英语写作1PPT课件

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3. DeveHale Waihona Puke Baiduopment
The paragraph should have sufficient information to support the topic sentence
• The television western of several years ago differs greatly from the western of today. Twenty years ago, for example, the bank robber in a western could be identified not by the crimes he committed so much as by the color of the clothing he worewhich was black. Today, the television western reveals the villain by mannerisms and personality.
• 2. Think of the details, examples or facts • 3. Arrange them in logical order. • 4. Check the paragraph for word choice and
good grammar
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• I' m fascinated by my grandmother. She is about 90 this year. She doesn't have much sense of humor. She was born into a well-to-do urban family. She believes in everything: festivals, news, TV ads, success, and all the gods. She hates dogs. She takes a walk in the garden every day. She likes to eat fruit. She seems to never require the services of a doctor. She collects postcards and likes the color of a strawberry.
Characteristics of Good Paragraphs
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Characteristics of Good Paragraphs
• Unity • Coherence • Development • Good Grammar • Good Transition
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1. Unity
• A central theme; one topic sentence (main idea), which can be an actual sentence, or an implied thought, and all sentences within the paragraph relate to the topic sentence.
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• Ludwig van Beethoven overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness. He was a major composer of the nineteenth century. He was born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770 and first studied music with a court organist. He was appointed deputy court organist at a surprisingly early age in 1782. He also played the harpsichord and the viola. He went to Vienna in 1792 to study music under Haydn. His music shows great discipline and control.
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• The topic sentence can occur anywhere in the paragraph, and it can be explicit or merely implied.
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• Whether you do or do not open a gift in the presence of the giver; whether you should or should not turn the plate over to look at the maker's symbol on the back; whether you put your coat on before or after you leave the host's house; whether you eat as quietly or as noisily as possible; whether you carry on a conversation during a meal; whether you walk in front of or behind a seated person; whether it is a friendly or an offensive gesture to put your hand on the arm of the person with whom you are talking -- these and a thousand other questions are matters of cultural definition. None of them is inherently right or wrong, and none is good or bad manners except as a society defines it so.
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2. Coherence
• Proper order; each sentence leads smoothly and logically to the next sentence.
• 1.Think of the topic or theme or main idea of the paragraph, put that thought into a complete sentence (topic sentence).