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1、写作课讲义1+2x5SectionOne.WhatIsaParagraph?Aparagraphisagroupofrelatedsentencesthatdevelopsonetopic(orsubject).Thenumberofsentencesisnotimportant;however,theparagraphshouldbelongenoughtofullydevelopthistopic.TheStudySkillsCenterinouruniversityisanexcellentplaceforstud

2、entstogetacademichelp.First,freshmenwhodiscovertheirstudyhabitsarepoor,forinstance,mayenrollinasix-weekmini-courseinstudyskillsthatoffersadviceonsuchtopicsashowtoreadatext,takenotes,andorganizematerialsforreview.Studentswithmathorwritingproblemscansignupfortutori

3、ngsessionsheldfivedaysaweekthroughouteachsemester.Inaddition,theCenterpresentsweeklyseminarsonspecialtopicssuchasstressmanagementandovercomingtestanxietyforthosestudentswhoarefindingcollegemoreofanerve-wracking(伤脑筋的)experiencethantheyexpected;otherstudentscanatte

4、ndeveningseminarsinsuchworthwhileendeavorsasvocabularybuildingorspellingtips.Finally,theCenteroffersaseriesofteststoidentifythepresenceofanylearningdisabilities,suchasdyslexia,thatmightpreventastudentfromsucceedingacademically.Withsuchavarietyofservices,theCenter

5、canhelpalmostanystudent.SectionTwo.ThePartsofaParagraphPartOne:TheTopicSentence1.TheTopicSentenceandtheRulesforWritingtheTopicSentenceAtopicsentenceisthesentencethatstatesthesubjectthattheparagraphwilldevelop.Agoodtopicsentencehasthefollowingfeatures:1)Itisacompl

6、etesentence;thatis,itshouldcontainasubjectandaverb.2)Itisusuallyastatement,notaquestion.3)Itisthemostgeneralstatementintheparagraph.Itdoesnotgiveanyspecificdetails.4)Ithastwoparts:thetopicandthecontrollingidea.Thetopicreferstothesubjectoftheparagraph,andthecontro

7、llingideaisawordorphrasethatthereadercanaskquestionsabout:How?Why?Inwhatways?Whatdoesthatmean?etc.A.Themodernstudyofbiologyconsistsof(threebasicareas).Thequestionareadercanaskis"?"B.It's(verydifficult)tostudyinaforeigncountry.Thequestionareadercanaskis"?"C.NewYor

8、khas(excellent)publictransportation.Thequestionareadercanaskis"?"Exercise3-2-2.Readeachsentencebelow.Underlinethetopicandenclosethecontrollingideainparentheses