Chapter 4 Paragraph writing

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W P A R R I A T G I R A N P G H

C h a p t e r

F o u r

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Contents1 2

Introduction Classification

3

Features

4 Ways of paragraph development

5

Conclusion

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I. Introduction

1. Definition A paragraph is a group of orderly sentences that develop one central idea completely. It may be a part of an essay or it may stand alone like a mini essay. It may be long or short. 2. Feature of an effective paragraph: unified, coherent, specific, and adequately developed. 3.The components of a standard paragraph: a topic sentence, and supporting sentences

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II. Types of paragraphs A. Independent paragraph B. Special paragraphs Introductory paragraph Transitional paragraph Concluding paragraph C. Body paragraph (Supporting/Amplifying)

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II. Types of paragraphs A. Independent paragraph An independent paragraph is an isolated one which has its own separated existence and it is like a complete essay by itself. Components: a topic sentence; supporting sentences and a concluding sentence E.g. editorial pages of newspapers or comments on current events.

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II. Types of paragraphs I believe that the Chinese people possess all the mental and physical qualities required for national greatness. They love the land of their birth with reverence; they believe in their own superiority. They are fine men, endowed with great powers of endurance; they are industrious and thrifty. Absolutely indifferent to hardship and death, they are fearless and brave, and when well trained and well led, they make first-rate soldiers. I have seen them under fire, and found them cool and undismayed by danger. (from the Chinese People by Lord Woolsey)

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II. Types of paragraphs

B. Special paragraphsIntroductory paragraph Transitional paragraph Concluding paragraph

Why are they special?

In form & in function: Interest getter; Pointer;Clincher

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II. Types of paragraphs B. Special paragraphs

In an essay, there are often special paragraphs which begin it, link parts within it, or end it. Why are they special? In form and in function. 1.Introductory paragraphs: Interestgetters, 2.Transitional paragraphs: pointers, 3.Concluding paragraphs: clinchers. They are not fully developed units of a discussion.

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II. Types of paragraphs 1.An introductory paragraph (propositional) paragraph Its main purpose is to introduce the subject under treatment. A thesis statement is a single sentence which states clearly the main idea of a whole essay. It appears at the beginning of an essay, stating the theme, and also briefly expressing the way of development to be followed. It startles the readers and makes special effort to interest them. Some examples to illustrate the ways of writing an introductory paragraph:

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II. Types of paragraphs 1.An introductory paragraph a. Stating the theme in the form of a challenging question and hinting at its importance:

Into what is a modern girl to grow? Many a psychologist or educator today will find few questions more recurrent or more troubling than this one if he stops to consider it. (from “Growing Up Female” by Bruno Bellelheim)

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II. Types of paragraphs

1.An introductory paragraph b. Stating the topic and pointing out the two subtopics that are to be treated: This book is a collection of short stories by Southern writers. That involves two questions which more than once had to be considered in the making of this book. What is a Southern writer and what is a short story? (from Southern Harvest by Robert Penn)

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II. Types of paragraphs

1.An introductory paragraph

c. Stating the theme and indicating the way of development to be followed: The main purpose of this book is to examine the lines and productions of such British poets as have gained reputation within the last forty years. Incidentally, I hope to derive from the body of their verse, --so various in form and thought, -- and from the record of the aim and province of the art of poetry, and not a few striking illustrations of the poetic life.

(From Victorian Poets by Edmund Clarence Stedman)

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II. Types of paragraphs 1.An introductory paragraph d. Stating the theme and describing a problem in the form of a brief representative incident: A group of youngsters – the oldest was 14 – formed a circle and solemnly inhaled on a Turkish water pipe until their eyes were glazed and distant. All of them were deep-tanned, sunbleached, sports-playing California-affluentjunior-high-schoolers, good students and normal children whose parents thought, they were on a picnic. (from “Marijuana: Millions of Turned-on Users” by Albert Rosenfield)

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II. Types of paragraphs 2. Transitional paragraph It is a whole short paragraph that serves as a transition between the main divisions of the subject. It appears somewhere in the middle of a paper to mark the close of one division and suggest the readiness to take up another. It is like a bridge linking together the two banks of a river. a. Summing up before starting another division: Well, that’s how it was before “she” came into my life. Now let me tell you what it’s like to be married to a Honda.

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