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BASIC PARAGRAPHBASIC PARAGRAPH
STRUCTURESTRUCTURE
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The three principal parts of aparagraph:
1. topic sentence
2. body sentences
3. concluding sentence
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The Topic Sentence
A topic sentence usually comes at
the beginning of a paragraph. Not
only is a topic sentence the first
sentence of a paragraph, but , more
importantly, it is the most generalsentence in a paragraph.
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For example:My hometown is famous for
several amazing natural features.
First, it is noted for the WheatonRiver, which is very wide and
beautiful. Also, on the other side
of the town is Wheaton Hill, which
is unusual because it is very steep.
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(Notice how the first sentencebegins with My hometown... a
few spaces to the right of theparagraph edge. This is an
indentation. All paragraphs in
English MUST begin with anindentation.)
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Here are some examples of sentences that
cannot be used as topic sentences. Can youfigure out why they are inappropriate?
1. My hometown is famous because it islocated by Wheaton River, which is very
wide, and because it is built near an
unusually steep hill called Wheaton Hill.
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2. There are two reasons why some peoplelike to buy cars with automatic
transmission and two reasons why others
like cars with manual transmission.
3. Clouds are white.
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We can rewrite sentences 2 and 3 in the
following ways to make it better:
- There are two reasons why some people like
to buy cars with automatic transmission.
OR (in a different paragraph):
- There are two reasons why some people like
cars with manual transmission.
- The shapes of clouds are determined by
various factors.
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Supporting Sentences
My hometown is famous for several
amazing natural features. First, it is noted
for the Wheaton River, which is very wide
and beautiful. Also, on the other side of the
town is Wheaton Hill, which is unusual
because it is very steep.
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The second and third sentences arecalled supporting sentences. They are
called supporting because they
support, or explain, the ideaexpressed in the topic sentence. Of
course, paragraphs in English often
have more than two supporting
ideas.
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The paragraph above is actually avery short paragraph.Atminimum, you should have at
least five to seven sentences inyour paragraph. Here we can seeour paragraph about Wheaton with a
few more supporting sentences in
bold font.
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My hometown is famous for several amazingnatural features. First, it is noted for theWheaton River, which is very wide and beautiful.
Also, on the other side of the town is WheatonHill, which is unusual because it is very steep.The third amazing feature is the Big OldTree.This tree stands two hundred feet
tall and is probably about six hundredyears old.
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The Concluding Sentence- In formal paragraphs you will
sometimes see a sentence at the end
of the paragraph which summarizesthe information that has been
presented. This is the concluding
sentence.
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My hometown is famous for several amazingnatural features. First, it is noted for the WheatonRiver, which is very wide and beautiful. Also, on theother side of the town is Wheaton Hill, which isunusual because it is very steep. The thirdamazing feature is the Big Old Tree. This treestands two hundred feet tall and is probably aboutsix hundred years old.These three landmarks
are truly amazing and make my hometowna famous place.
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Details in ParagraphsDetails in Paragraphs
The short paragraph in this lesson is a
fairly complete paragraph, but it lacks
details.whenever possible, you should include
enough details in your paragraphs to help
your reader understand exactly what youare writing about.
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My hometown is famous for several amazing
natural features. First, it is noted for theWheaton River, which is very wide and beautiful.On either side of this river, which is 175feet wide, are many willow trees which
have long branches that can movegracefully in the wind. In the autumn theleaves of these trees fall and cover theriver banks like golden snow.Also, on the
other side of the town is Wheaton Hill, which isunusual because it is very steep.
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Even though it is steep, climbing this hill is
not dangerous, because there are somefirm rocks along the sides that can be used
as stairs.There are no trees around this hill,
so it stands clearly against the sky and canbe seen from many miles away. The third
amazing feature is the Big Old Tree. This tree
stands two hundred feet tall and is probably about
six hundred years old. These three landmarks aretruly amazing and make my hometown a famous
place.
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A Note on Formality.A Note on Formality.
In formal essays, you should not use
contractions such as dont or arent.
Instead, you should write out the words in
full, for example, do not and are not.
Too Informal (Donot use!)
Acceptable
Dont Do not
Doesnt Does not
Cant Cannot
Wont Will not
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Writing Practice Exercise #Writing Practice Exercise #11
Please read the instructions for each partof the exercise, do the exercise, and then
e-mail your work to me at
geralverm@hotmail.com so that I cancheck your work.
Write one topic sentence for each of the
following topics: Your hometown
A place you would like to travel to
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THIS IS ALL FOR TODAY,HAVE A
NICE WEEKEND!!!
PRESENTED BY:
Aj. Geraldine Daray-Pugoy
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