GrammarandusageGrammarandusageThedevelopmentofatextUnit3ProtectingourselvesHowtodevelopatext
Atextshouldbewritten…Thediagramofatext:TitleBeginningBody1Body2ConcludingTopicsentenceSupportingsentenceHookTopicsentenceSupportingsentenceSupportingsentenceTopicsentenceConcludingsentence1
AtitleItshouldnotbetoolongandshouldbeclearandsimple
AbeginningparagraphItshouldcontainatopicstatement,whichisusuallythefirstsentence
Asinotherparagraphs,thebeginningparagraphshouldhavesupportingsentencesfollowingthetopicsentence
Thebeginningparagraphshouldcapturereader’sattentionandkeeptheminterestedinreadingthetext
BodyparagraphsTopicsentences
Thetopicsentenceisusuallythefirstsentenceoftheparagraphandcontainsthemainideaofit
Thetopicsentenceshouldbesimpleandclearforreaderstocatchitsmeaning
Bodyparagrap