Unit2PeopleonthemoveGrammarandusageIntroductionandexplanation:Introduction:Paragraphsareoneofthemajor“buildingblocks”ofgoodwriting
Theyareusedtoorganizeinformationinanessay,astoryoranarticle
Whenwritingparagraphs,weusuallyincludethefollowing:1
Topic:sentences:●Eachparagraphshouldhaveapoint
Thisisusuallyexpressedinatopicsentence,whichclearlystateswhatinformationtheparagraphwillgive
Notallparagraphshaveatopicsentence
Thisissometimesthecasewhen,forexample,aparagraphiscontinuingatopicintroducedinthepreviousparagraph,whichcontainedatopicsentence
Thetopicsentenceisusuallythefirstsentenceofaparagraph
However,inthefirstparagraphofanessay,astoryoranarticle,thetopicsentencemayoftenaninterestingfact,aquestionoraquotation
OlderAmericanareonthemove
Supportingsentences●Thetopicsentenceshouldbefollowed