英语段落写作Developing Paragraphs

by teachers, preachers, salesmen, public officials,
and motion picture soundtracks. The cries of
advertisers pursue us into our very homes, thanks to
the radio– and in some houses the rating sentences
• What are supporting sentences? They come after the topic sentence, making up the body of a paragraph.
• What do they do? They give details to develop and support the main idea of the paragraph.
identify the topic sentence of the following paragraphs
• sample 1
• One of the central preoccupations of the arts and humanities is the observation of human beings. Painters and sculptors create images of the human form; writers tell stories or compose poems about human experience; musical artists give melodic contours to the human spirit; historians and philosophers ponder the essential qualities of human civilization and nature.
English Writing
Developing Paragraphs
----paragraph structure
Review
• What is the criteria of an effective paragraph?
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Criteria of an effective paragraph
Sample 2
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We now have, as a result of modern means of
communication, hundreds of thousands of words
flung at us daily. We are constantly being talked at,
• What does it do? It introduces the main idea of the paragraph.
• How do I write one? Summarize the main idea of your paragraph. Indicate to the reader what your paragraph will be about.
unity all the sentences in the paragraph lead to one central idea
the main idea of the paragraph
complete should be fully supported by
factual details or arguments.
• How do I write them? You should give supporting facts, details, and examples.
on Sunday. We go out and get more words at
bookstores and libraries and libraries. Words fill our
lives.
sample 3
• The room is located on the fifth floor of the high building. One third of its total floor space is taken up by a double bed. Facing it, in the corner behind the door, stands a cupboard loaded with pots, bowls, dishes, bottles, and bags of rice and flour. A desk completely fills the gap between the bed and the wall with the window. Behind the desk is a chair, the only one in the room; and it almost touches the boxes and trunks piled against the wall on the opposite side.
turned off from morning to night. Daily the newsboy
brings us, in large cities, from thirty to fifty enormous
pages of print, and almost three times that amount
coherence
Close connection between the sentences
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The Paragraph Structure
1
Topic Sentence
2 Supporting Details 3 Closing Sentence
Topic sentence
• What is the topic sentence? The topic sentence is usually the first sentence in a paragraph.