Theelementsofaparagraph•Howtowriteaparagraph?•Eg.Writeashortparagraphtointroduceyourhometown(ChangshaCityforexample)fromtheaspectofnaturalfeatures.•Let’sreadaparagraph.•Myhometownisfamousforseveralamazingnaturalfeatures.First,itisnotedfortheXiangRiver,whichiswide,smoothandhasabeautifullongisland.Also,ontheothersideofthetownistheYueluMountain,whichisaverypopularnaturepark.ThethirdamazingfeatureistheBigOldTreeinthenorthofthecity.Thistree,standingabouttwohundredfeettall,datesbacktotheMingPeriod.Thesethreelandmarksaretrulyamazingandmakemyhometownafamousplace.•Doyouknowthestructureoftheparagraph?•Myhometownisfamousforseveralamazingnaturalfeatures.First,itisnotedfortheXiangRiver,whichiswide,smoothandhasabeautifullongisland.Also,ontheothersideofthetownistheYueluMountain,whichisaverypopularnaturepark.ThethirdamazingfeatureistheBigOldTreeinthenorthofthecity.Thistree,standingabouttwohundredfeettall,datesbacktotheMingPeriod.Thesethreelandmarksaretrulyamazingandmakemyhometownafamousplace.•Topicsentence•ConcludingsentenceSupportingsentencestheelementsofaparagraph•Topicsentence•Supportingsentences•Concludingsentence•1.Topicsentence•Whatisatopicsentence?•Eachparagraphshouldhaveapoint.,thisisusuallyexpressedinatopicsentence,whichclearlystateswhatinformationtheparagraphwillgive.•e.g.Youngadultsgivemanydifferentreasonsformovingtocities•Thetopicsentenceisusuallythefirstsentenceofaparagraph.•However,inthefirstparagraphofanessay,astoryoranarticle,thetopicsentencemayfollowahook.Tocatchtheattentionofreaders,wecanuseahook,whichisoftenaninterestingfact,aquestionoraquotation.•Eg:Thecreaturescameagainlastnight.----SevenViewsofOlduvaiGorge•Thiscreatesawholenewlistofquestions.1)Whoorwhatarethesecreatures?2)Whydidtheycome?3)Whathappenedwhentheycame?4)Iftheycameagain,whathappenedthefirsttimetheycame?•Canthefollowingsentencesbeusedastopicsentences?Why?1.MyhometownisfamousbecauseitislocatedontheXiangRiver,whichisverywide,andbecauseitisatthefootoftheYueluMountain.2.Therearetworeasonswhysomepeopleliketobuycarswithautomatictransmission(自动驾驶)andtworeasonswhyotherslikecarswithmanualtransmission(手动驾驶).3.Cloudsarewhite.•1.MyhometownisfamousbecauseitislocatedontheXiangRiver,whichisverywide,andbecauseitisatthefootoftheYueluMountain.•Theproblemisthatitcontainstoomanydetails.Topicsentencesaregeneral,anddetailsshouldappearlaterintheparagraph.••Suggestedtopicsentence:•Myhometownisfamousforseveralamazingnaturalfeatures.•2.Therearetworeasonswhysomepeopleliketobuycarswithautomatictransmission(自动驾驶)andtworeasonswhyotherslikecarswithmanualtransmission(手动驾驶).•Itisnotappropriateasatopicsentencebecauseitmentionstwotopics,notjustone.(Paragraphsareusuallyaboutonemainthingandsotheirtopicsentencesshouldalsobeaboutonlyonemainthing.)•Suggestedtopicsentence:•Therearetworeasonswhysomepeoplelikecarswithmanualtransmission(automatictransmission).•3.Cloudsarewhite.•Theproblemisthatitistoogeneral.Itisalsoveryboring!•Suggestedtopicsentence:•Theshapesofcloudsaredeterminedbyvariousfactors.•2.Supportingsentences•Thetopicsentenceshouldbefollowedbysentenceswhichhelpexplainorproveit.•Thesupportingsentencesshouldbelistedinanorderthatmakessense.•Wecanusetransitionstolinkeachsentencestothepreviousorfollowingones.•Transitionalwords:•1)forexample,forinstance•2)besides,inaddition,what’smore,...
