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1、AHandbookofEnglishWritingTheParagraphAparagraphisaunitofthought;itisatonceaunitinitselfandpartofalargerwhole,thatis,theessay.Aparagraphislikeaminiessay;itshouldbeunified,coherentandwelldeveloped.Aparagraphisunifiedwhenallthesentencesintheparagrapharefocusedononecentraltho
2、ughtoronasingletopic;whenthewriterwishesitintroduceanewthoughtortopic,heshouldbeginanewparagraph.Aparagraphiscoherentwhenitdevelopsnaturallyandsmoothly,andonesentenceleadslogicallytoanother.Therearemanywaystodevelopaparagraph,forexample,byprocess,bycauseandeffect,bycompar
3、isonandcontrast,etc.Paragraphsvaryinlength.Inashortexpositoryessayofabout600words,theaverageparagraphmaybeabout100words,orbetweenfourandeightsentences.Ultimately,thelengthoftheparagraphdependsonitstopic,itspositionintheessayanditsroleinthedevelopmentofthethesisstatement.P
4、aragraphsinbooksareusuallylongerthanthoseinnewspapers.Alongparagraphexposesacomplexidea,andashortonemakesamajortransition,anemphaticstatement,orasummary.Anexperiencedwritervariesthelengthofhisparagraphstoavoidmonotony.I.EffectiveParagraphs1.UnityUnityofaparagraphisconcern
5、edwithitscontent.Ifallthesentencesintheparagraphleadtoonecentraltheme,theparagraphisunified.Thecentralthemeisusuallysummarizedinwhatiscalledthetopicsentence.Itoftenappearsatthebeginningoftheparagraph;however,itmayalsobefoundinthemiddleorattheendofaparagraph.Oneofthecentra
6、lpreoccupationsoftheartsandhumanitiesistheobservationofhumanbeings.Paintersandsculptorscreatetheimagesofthehumanform;writerstellstoriesorcomposepoemsabouthumanexperience;musicalartistsgivemelodiccontourstothehumanspirits;historiansandphilosopherspondertheessentialqualitie
7、sofhumancivilizationandnature.Andinourownlives,inourownways,wespendagreatdealofourenergyandattentiontoourfellowcreatures,beinginfamiliesandotherkindsofrelationship,observingpeoplewithcuriosityandinterestinthecourseoftheday,thinkingaboutandformingourowncharacter---deciding
8、whatkindofpersonwewishtobe---aswegrow.---DonKneel24Wenowhave,asaresultofmodernmeansofcommunicati
