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1、GoodParagraphWritingParagraphStructureTopicSentenceSupportingSentences(3to5)Concluding/TransitionalSentenceThetopicsentencehasonemainidea.Whenwritingyourtopicsentence,askyourself,“WhatdoIwantmyreaderstoknow?”Ifyouaretryingtosaytoomuchinthetopicsentence,considersplittingoffpartofitintoanewp
2、aragraph.Thesupportingsentencesgive:informationaboutthetopicexamplesthatmakethemainideaclearreasoningthatstrengthensthepurposeTheconcludingsentencecan:summarizetheparagraph,and/orprovideatransitiontothenextparagraph.Warning!Whensummarizing,don’tsimplyrepeatthetopic.Thiscanleadtoboringpiece
3、sofwriting.Ifyoucan’tthinkofameaningfulwaytosummarizetheparagraph,justmakesurethatyourlastsentenceprovidesagoodtransitiontothenextparagraph.Asabusycollegestudent,mymobilephoneisindispensabletomyeverydaylife.Iconsideritvitalforkeepingintouchwithmyfriendsandfamily;moreover,Iuseitinvariousway
4、sforschoolwork.UnlessI’msleepinginonaSaturdaymorning,Ialwaysusemyphoneasmyalarmclock.Iwouldbetotallylostwithoutit!Goodparagraphstructureisonlythebeginningofwritinganexcellentparagraph.TheElementsofGoodWritingPurposeUnityCoherenceClarityCompletenessPurposeSincethetopicsentencecontainsthecen
5、tralideaoftheparagraph,itplaysabigpartinrevealingthepurposeoftheparagraph.Thesupportingsentencesshedfurtherlightonthepurpose,makingitcompletelyclear.Purpose:AudienceWheneveryoudoanytypeofwriting,askyourself,“Whoaremyreaders?”Yourreadersareyour“targetaudience”.Youarewritingforthem.AudienceY
6、ouraudiencewilldeterminewhatpiecesofinformationyouincludeinyourwriting,yourchoiceofvocabulary,writingstyle(formalvs.informal),etc.Unity(seepage35ofthetextbook)Everysentenceinaparagraphmustsupportthemainideaofthetopicsentence.PurposeandUnityarecloselytiedtogether.Wheneverysentenceisfocusedo
7、nthepurpose,theparagraphisunified.Coherence(seepage66and77ofthetextbook)Coherence=Connection/LogicalConsistencySentencesneedtoconnecttogethersmoothlyinordertomakeyourwritingunderstandable.CoherenceUnityisimportant,butcoherenceisalsonecessarytocreateaflowtoyour
