Write a paragaph by choosing one of these following topics
1. My best friend
2. Best Place to Visit
3. The most valuable thing(s)
Writing a paragraph
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A paragraph is a group of related sentences discussing a topic. All the sentences in a paragraph are arranged structurally to make reader easily understand what the writer wants to communicate (writer’s main idea) about a topic. Since each paragraph discusses a topic, paragraph is used to separate main ideas.
Generally, a paragraph structurally consists of a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a conclusion sentence. Topic sentence is the sentence which expresses the main idea. A writer writes what he wants to write in topic sentence. Supporting sentences are details which function for proving, supporting, explaining, reasoning, or giving examples that explain the main idea. If the supporting sentences directly explain the topic, they are called major supporting sentences, whereas if they explain the topic indirectly by supporting a major supporting sentence, they are called minor supporting sentence. Concluding sentence is a rounding off, possibly by summarizing what has been written or drawing a logical conclusion form the paragraph.
Look at the following sample taken form Pardede’s blog.
(1) Computer chips have changed our way of life in many ways. (2) With computer chips we can make very small computers. (3) Space scientists use these small computers in satellites and space ships. (4) Large companies use these small computers for business. (5) We can make very small calculators with computer chips. (6) Some calculators are as small as a credit card, and these calculators are not very expensive. (7) Computer chips are also used for making digital watches. (8) A normal watch has a spring and moving hands, but a digital watch has no moving parts. (9) A digital watch show the time and date with numbers, and some digital watches even have and alarm and a stopwatch. (10) The computer chip makes all of this possible. Explanation:
Sentence 1 is the topic sentence. Sentences 2, 5, and 7 are major supporting sentences. They directly explain the topic sentence. Sentences 3 and 4 support sentence 2. Sentence 6 explain sentence 5. Sentence 8 and 9 support sentence 7. Therefore, sentences 3, 4, 6, 8, and 9 are minor supporting sentences. Sentence 10 is the concluding sentence. It restates the main idea.
BALL WRITING I
Hi, attendees of Writing I, class II B.
I created this blog to facilitate you improving your paragraph writing skill. From now on, use this blog as a media for writing I, read the concept and do the assignment as instructed. You can explore the concept by clicking suggested sites (ss). Everyone is welcome and supposed to comment to other student’s work.
I wish I could come to your class today, but, I am duty assigned by our faculty to visit some senior high schools. While I am the way to schools, I can meet you online.
So, I assign you to write a paragraph describing yourself on the comment box provided.
Begin your paragraph with: My name is ……….
Good luck
