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The paragraph
- The working unit of both writer and reader.
- writer put meaning into the paragraph.
- reader take meaning out of it.
- to understand better the job of reader,one must fist understand better the job of the writer.
One Main idea
- make meaning clear.
- one main idea in one paragraph.
The Topic Sentence
- coming at or near the beginning of its paragraph.
- may be placed in several other positions in a paragraph.
Finding Meaning
- expect only one main idea in each paragraph.
- use the topic sentence to discover the topic of each paragraph.
Supporting the main Idea
- amplify and clarify the main idea, make it vivid and memorable.
- many kind of supporting material
- example
- anecdotes
- incidents
- jokes
- allusion
- comparisons
- contrasts
- analogies
- definitions
- exceptions
- logic