Paragraphs Should Be Unified Developed Coherent A Unified
Paragraphs Should Be: Unified Developed Coherent
A Unified Paragraph : Stays On The Topic and Does Not Stray From It Through The Use Of Topic Sentences
Maintain Unity By Removing Irrelevant Information Broadening Your Central Idea
Coherent Paragraphs: Fit Smoothly Together Logically From One Sentence To Another Like Links In A Chain Coherence is obtained through Arranging Details Using Transitional Words and Phrases (See Pages 43 -44 in The Writer’s World. ) Selecting Pronouns Practicing Parallel Structure (See Pages 320 -322, Chap. 21, in The Writer’s World. ) Repeating Key Words
Coherence Sample Paragraph College textbooks are expensive. My husband is taking one graduate class, yet his book cost $110. Furthermore, my sister, a fulltime student, is paying $825. 32 for books. Moreover, my own students have to pay $60. 00 for their two books, and that is cheap compared to some prices I’ve seen at other colleges, $80 -$100. 00 a book. Truly, textbook prices are too expensive.
Developed Paragraphs Cover The Topic Thoroughly: Giving Adequate Details Examples And Other Specifics (Statistics, Expert Opinion, Etc. ) As Needed For Support
Topic Sentence &Support Topic Sentence ü Working for a landscaping company as a first job taught me valuable lessons about work. • Body of the Paragraph: ü First, it was physically demanding. After about a month, I noticed that. . . Next, I learned bosses get cranky. One day my boss chewed me out about not moving some material from floor one to floor two when I had already done what he said. Then, later that day, a customers complained about a bush not being planted in the front yard but in the back. Sadly, I could not do anything about them other than do my job and endure the situations. However, I learned the value of work. It taught me that I could get satisfaction from simple things. . . All in all, I liked what I learned, and I will take it with me on my next job.
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