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1、陆晓蕾2011204112研究生课程论文学年学期：2011-2012学年第一学期论文题目：HowtoWriteaUnifiedParagraph课程：高级论文写作任课教师：冯幼民姓名：陆晓蕾班级：英研文学学号：2011204112-8-陆晓蕾2011204112AbstractParagraphsarethebuildingblocksofanessay.Inordertowriteagoodessay,thewritersshouldstartbywritingunifiedparagraphs.However,par
2、agraphunitycanonlybeachievedbyunifyingeachpartofitsstructurewell.Inthisthesis,theauthormainlyfocusesonhowtowriteaunifiedparagraphfromtheperspectiveofitsstructure—atopicsentence,supportingdetailsandconcludingsentences.Keywords:paragraphs;unity;structure-8-陆晓蕾20112
3、04112IntroductionUnityisthequalityofoneness.JoanG.Roloff.Paragraphs.California;Glencoe;1979Aparagraphisagroupofrelatedsentencesthatpresentanddeveloponeideaoroneaspectofanidea.Thisdefinitionimpliesthatoneparagraphshouldbeforjustoneidea,whichnaturallycallsforouratt
4、entionfortheoneness—theunityofaparagraph.Thestructureofaparagraph—thetopicsentence,supportingsentences,andtheconcludingsentencearethethreemajorelements.Aslongasalltheelementsintheparagraphleadtoonecentraltheme,aslongastheyareunifiedinandamongthemselves,aunifiedpa
5、ragraphisnothardtoconstruct.Toachieveparagraphunity,wemustunifyitsstructure—thetopicsentence,supportingsentences,andtheconcludingsentence.1.TheTopicSentenceThetopicsentencemustbeacompletesentence.Forreaders,thetopicsentencestatesthemainideaoftheparagraph.Forwrite
6、rs,thetopicsentenceservesasareminderoftheboundariesoftheparagraph,therebyhelpingthemsticktothepointanddevelopaunifiedparagraph.Onceacompletetopicsentenceisformed,itcangivethereaderacomprehensiveandclearideaofwhattheparagraphismainlyabout,thusenhancingtheunity.For
7、example,inthe11thparagraphin“Here’stoYourHealth”,thetopicsentence“relationshipsbasedonalcoholareunlikelytoleadtosocialsuccessandtruefriendship”isacompleteone.Thecompletetopicsentencecannotonlygivethereaderthemainidea—alcohol-basedrelationshiparenotreal,butalsogiv
8、esthewriteraremindertocenteraroundthisoneidea.Thenthewritergoesontoassertthat“alcoholruins—notcreatesfriendship”,whichisclearlyunifiedundertheguidanceofthetopi
