英语写作教程2

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1、AutumnSemester20081BusinessEnglishTheFiveParagraphEssayThefiveparagraphessayfollowsadefinedformat.Thefirstparagraphintroducesustothethesisoftheessayanddirectsustothethreemainsupportingsubtopics.Thesecondthroughfourthparagraphsareallsimilarinformat.Theyind

2、ividuallyrestatethesubtopics,andaredevelopedbygivingsupportinginformation.Thefifthandlastparagraphrestatesthemainthesisideaandremindsthereaderofthethreemainsupportingideasthatweredeveloped.Alloftheseparagraphsareimportant.2IntroductoryParagraphTheintroduc

3、toryparagraphistheplaceinwhichthewriterintroducesthereadertothetopic.Itisimportanttomakethisaclearandlimitedstatement.Thisiswherethewritergrabsthereader'sattention.Becauseofitspurpose,itisoftenthefirstsentenceoftheparagraph.Itisfollowedbythreesubtopicstha

4、tdevelopthethesis.Betweenthisparagraphandallparagraphsoftheessay,thereneedstobesomekindofatransitionword,phrase,orsentence.3BodyParagraphsNext,thebodyoftheessaycontainsparagraphstwothroughfour.Theyareallsimilarlyconstructed.Theirtopicsentencesarerestateme

5、nts,ofteninoriginalform,ofthethreesupportingideaspresentedinthefirstparagraph.Thesubtopicofeachofthebodyparagraphsisagainsupportedbythreeormoresupportingsentences.Thesecement,inthereader'smind,therelevancyandrelationshipofeachofthesubtopicstothethesisstat

6、ement.4CondludingParagraphFinally,thefifthparagraphisthesummaryparagraph.Itisimportanttorestatethethesisandthreesupportingideasinanoriginalandpowerfulmannerasthisisthelastchancethewriterhastoconvincethereaderofthevalidityoftheinformationpresented.Becauset

7、hepurposesofthefirstandfifthparagrapharesosimilarthatsomewritersconstructthematthesametime.Theywilleditthem,asnecessary,astheydowitheachandeverypartoftheessay.5IntroductoryParagraphGeneralTopicSentenceSubtopicOneSubtopicTwoSubtopicThreeTransitionFirstSupp

8、ortingParagraphRestateSubtopicOneFirstSupportingDetailorExampleSecondSupportingDetailorExampleThirdSupportingDetailorExampleTransition6SecondSupportingParagraphRestateSubtopicTwoFirstSupportingDetailorExampleSecondS