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Sentence Stress We want to go.

We WANT to GO.

We want to go to work.

We WANT to GO to WORK.

We don¶t want to go to work.

We DON'T WANT to GO to WORK.

We don¶t want to go to work at night.

We DON'T WANT to GO to WORK atNIGHT.



Sentence Stress General rules

content words are stressed

structure words are unstressed



Sentence StressFunction words Example

Pronouns I, she, you

Preposition At, on, for

Articles A, an, the

Conjunction And, but

Auxiliary verb Do, be, can



Sentence Stress SELL CAR GONE FRANCE?

SELL my CAR I¶ve GONE FRANCE?

Will you SELL my CAR because I¶ve

GONE to FRANCE?



Sentence Stress General rules

content words are stressed

structure words are unstressed the time between stressed words is

always the same

1 2 3 4

1 and 2 and 3 and 4

1 and a2 and a 3 and a 4



You should KNOW that

SENtence and WORDSTRESS are VERy

imPORtant !!!



Paragraph &

Paragraph Unity

A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a

single topic Elements of a Good Paragraph

Unity

Development

Coherence



Paragraph &

Paragraph Unity

My department has just taken in one

new staff . He is a young and good

looking man. His name is Peter. Peter is a very popular name. I have a cousin

whose name is Peter too. My cousin is

a pilot. Pilot is a well-paid job. I wish I

were a pilot.



As I enter my aunt and uncle¶s house, I go intoa small living room with a fireplace whichalmost always is vacant. I also regularly findmy cousins playing computer games, watching

MTV, or viewing movies in the family room. Akitchen and large formal dining room areadjacent to the family room. Every night thefamily eats dinner at the round wooden kitchentable where I usually notice a lingering scent of

vanilla candles. Like the living room, the diningroom rarely is used. A small hallway connectsthe dining room to a laundry room and one cargarage where I occasionally notice my auntloading laundry into the washer or dryer.



Sample The way we use banks is currently changing. This is

partly because of the introduction of new technology

in the last ten years. The personal computer and the

internet, for instance,allow customers to view theiraccounts at home and perform operations such as

moving money between accounts. At the same time

banks are being reorganised in ways that affect both

customers and staff. In the past five years over 3,000

bank branches have closed in Britain. The banks have

discovered that staffing call centres is cheaper than

running a branch network.



Paragraph &

Paragraph Unity

How to increase paragraph unity

A topic sentence is a sentence that indicates in ageneral way what idea or thesis the paragraph is

going to deal with. Topic sentences can occur anywhere in the paragraph

Not all paragraphs have clear-cut topic sentences

Topic sentences often have controlling ideas (i.e.words or phrases that need further explanation)

Avoid writing topic sentences that are too broad; or

too narrow

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