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1、AHandbookofEnglishWritingTheParagraphAparagraphisaunitofthought;itisatonceaunitinitselfandpartofalargerwhole,thatis,theessay.Aparagraphislikeaminiessay;itshouldbeunified,coherentandwelldeveloped.Aparagraphisunifiedwhenallthesentencesintheparagrapharefocusedononecentralthoughtor
2、onasingletopic;whenthewriterwishesitintroduceanewthoughtortopic,heshouldbeginanewparagraph.Aparagraphiscoherentwhenitdevelopsnaturallyandsmoothly,andonesentenceleadslogicallytoanother.Therearemanywaystodevelopaparagraph,forexample,byprocess,bycauseandeffect,bycomparisonandcontr
3、ast,etc.Paragraphsvaryinlength.Inashortexpositoryessayofabout600words,theaverageparagraphmaybeabout100words,orbetweenfourandeightsentences.Ultimately,thelengthoftheparagraphdependsonitstopic,itspositionintheessayanditsroleinthedevelopmentofthethesisstatement.Paragraphsinbooksar
4、eusuallylongerthanthoseinnewspapers.Alongparagraphexposesacomplexidea,andashortonemakesamajortransition,anemphaticstatement,orasummary.Anexperiencedwritervariesthelengthofhisparagraphstoavoidmonotony.I.EffectiveParagraphs1.UnityUnityofaparagraphisconcernedwithitscontent.Ifallth
5、esentencesintheparagraphleadtoonecentraltheme,theparagraphisunified.Thecentralthemeisusuallysummarizedinwhatiscalledthetopicsentence.Itoftenappearsatthebeginningoftheparagraph;however,itmayalsobefoundinthemiddleorattheendofaparagraph.Oneofthecentralpreoccupationsoftheartsandhum
6、anitiesistheobservationofhumanbeings.Paintersandsculptorscreatetheimagesofthehumanform;writerstellstoriesorcomposepoemsabouthumanexperience;musicalartistsgivemelodiccontourstothehumanspirits;historiansandphilosopherspondertheessentialqualitiesofhumancivilizationandnature.Andino
7、urownlives,inourownways,wespendagreatdealofourenergyandattentiontoourfellowcreatures,beinginfamiliesandotherkindsofrelationship,observingpeoplewithcuriosityandinterestinthecourseoftheday,thinkingaboutandformingourowncharacter---decidingwhatkindofpersonwewishtobe---aswegrow.---D
8、onKneel24Wenowhave,asaresultofmodernmeansofcommunicati
