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WORDS
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PHRASES
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SENTENCES
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PARAGRAPHS
By Mr. Ranulfo T. Bacus
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PARAGRAPH
A paragraph is a group of related
sentences that present and develop one
main idea.
TOPIC SENTENCE
Sometimes, however, topic sentence
comes at the end of the paragraph,
where it draws a conclusion or functions
as a summary.
EXAMPLE:
The mountain air around a lake
invigorates and pleases me. I like a lake’s
underwater life, such as minnows and
trout, and I enjoy observing the plant
life around me. Most important, a lake
usually has no chemicals because lake
water is clean, natural, and more
refreshing for swimming. I prefer
swimming in a mountain lake.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
I cannot
cannot cut
cutand
and paste
pasteexcerpts
excerpts
without my computer. I need my
CD-ROM to check the spelling and
change fonts of my paper. I do all
these on my computer at my own
leisure. I really don’t know how to
write a paper without doing it
directly on the computer.
AT THE MIDDLE...
TOPIC SENTENCE
TOPIC SENTENCE
In this type, if the paragraph is meant as a
freestanding unit of discourse and not part of a larger
whole, the topic sentence, or rather the ideas it
contains, are frequently restated at the end of the
paragraph.
EXAMPLE:
Throwing a clay pot, requires many steps. The
first step is by wedging the clay. The potter kneads the
clay to prepare it for throwing. Once wedged and
formed into a ball, the clay is thrown onto the center of
a potter's wheel. The clay must be coerced into a
perfectly symmetrical shape, dead center on the
spinning wheel. When correctly centered, the clay is
ready to be opened. After that, the clay can now be
shaped and the potter should correctly reach its desired
height. Finally, the pot is ready to be dried, fired, and
glazed. Thus, even though a clay pot may appear simple
to make, fashioning one by hand takes a long process.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
Energy simply
simplymakes
makesourour daily
daily liveslives
moremore
comfortable and convenient. Suppose you wanted
to stop – and reverse – the economic progress of
this nation, what would be the surest and quickest
way to do it? Find a way to cut off the nation’s oil
resources! Industrial plants would shut down,
public utilities would stand idle, and all firms of
transportation will halt. The country would be
paralyzed, and our economy would plummet into
the abyss of national economic ruin. In short,
energy is one of the reason why we have an
adequate life nowadays.
IMPLIED TOPIC SENTENCE...
TOPIC SENTENCE