Chapter 1: business in the information age
-5. Building well-organized paragraphs (1 of 6)
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3-5. Building well-organized paragraphs (1 of 6)-A paragraph is agroup of sentences about one idea -The following types of sentences may be organized to express ideas in a well-organized paragraph +Topic sentences: Expresses the primary idea of a paragraph often but not always comes first in a paragraph +Supporting sentences 2 of 6 -Crafting topic sentences +A paragraph is unified when it develops a single main idea +The main idea is usually expressed in a topic sentence, which may appear at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the paragraph +Business writers generally place the topic sentence first in the paragraph +It tells readers what to expect and help them understand the paragraph’s central thought immediately 3 of 6 Developing supporting sentences -Supporting sentences illustrate, explain or strengthen the topic sentence -All support sentences in the paragraph must relate to the topic sentence -Supporting sentences provide specific details, explanations and evidence 4 of 6 -Paragraph are coherent when ideas stick together and one idea leads logically to the nest -The following techniques will help you keep reader in step with your ideas +Sustaining the key idea. Repeating a key expression or using a similar one throughout a paragraph helps sustain a key idea +Dovetailing sentences. Sentences are dovetailed when an idea at the end of one connects with an idea at the beginning of the next 5 of 6 -Including pronouns, familiar pronouns such as we, they, he she and it. Help build continuity as do demonstrative pronouns such as this that these those -Employing trnasitional expressions. Transitional expressions are another device for showing connections and achieving paragraph coherence +Transitional expressions enable the receiver to anticipate what’s coming 6 of 6 -Controlling paragraph length +Short paragraph are less intimidating and more readable than long ones +Paragraph with eight or fewer printed lines look inviting +Long, solid chunks of print appear formidable +If a topic can’t be covered in eight or fewer printed lines (not sentences), consider breaking it into smaller segments tải về 34.81 Kb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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