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1、LecturesonWritingforM.DStudentsPlanforthelecturesThefirstlecture:ParagraphwritingThesecondlecture:Writingtheresearchpaper(Partone)Thethirdlecture:Writingtheresearchpaper(Parttwo)Lecture1ParagraphwritingI.IntroductionofthewritingcourseParagraphWritingAparagraphisagroupofrelatedsentences.Thema
2、inideaisusuallystatedinonegeneralsentencecalledthetopicsentence,althoughthemainideamaysometimesbeimpliedratherthandirectlystated.Asabeginningwriter,youwouldbewisetousetopicsentencestoensureaclearfocusinyourparagraphs,becauseittakesmuchmoreskillstomakeanimpliedmainideaclear.Thetopicsentenceis
3、oftenthefirstorsecondsentenceinaparagraph,butitcanalsobeplacedattheendor,forthatmatter,atanylogicalplacewithintheparagraph.Itslevelofgenerality,notitsposition,distinguishesthetopicsentencefromtherestoftheparagraph.Theothersentencesintheparagraphshouldprovidespecificevidencetosupportorproveth
4、etopicsentence.Theyshouldnotmerelyrepeattheideainthetopicsentenceorstayonthesamelevelofgenerality.Thefollowingsample,writtenbyastudent,hasthenecessarycomponentofagoodparagraph.TopicsentenceSupportingsentence1Supportingsentence2Supportingsentence3Supportingsentence4Supportingsentence5Concludi
5、ngsentenceOwningacarisveryexpensive,infact,notonlyisbuyingacarexpensiveinitially,butwemustalsospendalotofmoneyonitoncewehaveboughtit.First,wehavetohavecashtobuythecar,oratleasttomakeadownpayment.Ifit'sanewcar,thiscanbealargeamount!Then,afterwebuyit,wehavetopayataxtogetacountystickerandlicens
6、eplate.Next,wehavetopayasmallsumtogetaninspectionsticker.Inaddition,wehavetogetaccidentinsuranceand,insomeareas,alsopayanannualpersonalpropertytax.Later,inadditiontogas,wewillhavetopayforrepairsforourcarandfortheyearlyinspection.Thosethingswillallcostusalotofmoney.Itiseasytoseewhyitisexpensi
7、vetoownacar.Effectivewritingofanexpositoryparagraphincludes:WritingatopicsentenceWritingthemiddleWritingtheconcludingsentenceII.WritingagoodtopicsentenceandcontrollingideaA.Agoodtopicsentence”·Acompletesentence·IndicatingthetopicandcontrollingideaO
