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Paragraph Development
This topic covers how to write effective paragraphs using topic sentences and supportive evidence.
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How do you start a conclusion paragraph about Hawaii?
A good strategy is to start conclusions by saying something bold and shocking. This helps to draw in the reader, even if you lost their attention a little with the rest of the essay.
For an essay about Hawaii, you might go with something like:
The history of Hawaii has shown us the cost of having a nonchalant attitude towards moral and economic righteousness, and its current success the benefits. This makes it the perfect case study in the effects of intra-global economic heuristics.
You should then go on to summarize the major points covered in your essay. Do not go into too much detail here; the goal should be to provide a quick refresher for the reader on what they learned from your essay so that they can better appreciate it, not to cover the material a second time.
Hope this helps!
-- Sally
The function of the hook in an introductory paragraph?
The role of an introductory hook in a paragraph is to grab the readers attention and make them want to continue reading what is being said. The writer must engage the reader in the topic they are writing about, and the hook serves to begin the engagement of the reader.
How many sentence does it take to make a paragraph?
4-6 sentences
A stop light paragraph has 7sentences.
Green - an introductory sentence about a topic
Yellow - a general statement about the topic
Red - A specific statement about the topic
Red - a second specific statement about the topic
Yellow - a general statement about the topic
Red - a specific statement about the topic
Red - a specific statement about the topic
Green - a concluding sentence about the topic
How can a topic sentence be effective?
An effective sentence should tell or ask the reader something. Good sentences have a subject and a predicate; this means that there should always be a noun or pronoun and a verb in your sentence.
- Cut the redundancy: avoid saying things like "six o'clock a.m. in the morning" or "mix together."
- Cut unnecessary words: instead of saying long phrases like "in the event that" or "it is often the case that," use simple terms like "if" and "often."
- Cut the passive speech: instead of using phrases like "there is," or "it is," begin with an action noun/verb combination. Avoid past tense, passive phrases in favor of present tense, action phrases.
- Cut vague words: avoid vague terms such as "thing," "stuff," "factor," or "element" (unless you are speaking about a chemical element).
- Cut the qualifiers: phrases like "in my opinion," "I feel," and "I believe" just add unneeded wordage to your sentences.
- Stay positive: phrase your sentences in positive language instead of negative. For example, instead of saying "I did not learn anything from that question," write "I learned nothing from that question" - you say the same thing, but the second sentence is more effective and forceful.
Make it Clear - your sentence should be easily understood without making the reader rush off for a dictionary.
- Cut the dangling or misplaced modifiers: make sure that the reader can clearly see which noun each phrase supports. Otherwise, you end up with unclear (and sometimes unintentionally humorous) sentences such as "Hanging from a tree, George saw a monkey" or "Trying to solve the problem, the directions seemed unclear." In the first sentence, it is unclear whether it is George or the monkey who is hanging from the tree! In the second, no noun is given, so the phrase doesn't make sense (in this case, you would add a bit to make it "As I tried to solve the problem, the directions seemed unclear.")
- Make your pronouns clear: we have this problem a lot on WikiAnswers. You might think that the reader knows what you mean, but read the sentence out loud to be sure. "When did he write the book?" is unclear because we do not know who "he" is!
If you are having trouble knowing what a sentence is, you need to read more! Read a comic book, a newspaper, a magazine, or any book you want to. The more you read, the better you will understand how to use the language.
What is the most important part of a paragraph?
The most important part of a paragraph is its main sentence(s) that has the topic of that paragraph's central idea.
My teacher back in elementary school taught me what her teacher taught her:
1. Tell 'em what your gonna tell 'em (topic sentence)
2. Tell 'em (body/all the information)
3. And then tell 'em what you told 'em (closing sentence)
This is simple, fun to say, and helped a lot!
(Of course, be sure that your paragraph uses the proper spelling, and complete sentences.)
The first sentence of the paragraph should grab the readers attention. Any paragraph in an essay or a research report should start with a broad statement about the paragraph content and become more specific throughout the paragraph. An introductory paragraph should give a brief overview of the essay or report, becoming more specific as it goes on, and conclude by introducing the body of the work.
The key to writing is to forget that you are writing! Pretend you are just talking to a friend. What would you say to your friend about this topic? How could you explain your topic so that your friend would understand it?
Click on the related questions to learn more about writing paragraphs!
Write sentences the way you speak - just pretend you are talking to a friend, and write down what you would say. What would you tell them about this topic? How would you describe it to them? What details would you include? Click on the Related Questions for more information.
A sentence for the meaning of topic?
The topic sentence grabs a readers attention.
it supports the thesis--------APEX
~veronica
How would you write a paragraph sentence for multiplication?
use multiply to get the same number like in adding you just need to get it shorter.
What are the characteristics of a good conclusion?
I won't do your homework ,but summarize everything in the essay in 3-4 sentences. The closing sentence should have a very powerful impact
How do you write a PEEC paragraph?
A PEE paragraph is one with the following format:
Point - state your point (your main idea or topic) plainly and simply.
Evidence - state the evidence which supports that point. Use facts and details that you have looked up.
Explanation - explain each of your facts in more detail. Give examples, personal stories, or just write the information in other words.
Write a paragraph describing an incident that occurred during the rains which you can never forget?
The rains in Oklahoma fall hard, often coming down sideways or in the form of mud due to chronic strong winds. One particular rain I remember occurred when I was a member of Third Corp, stationed at Ft. Sill, north of Lawton. One of the Sergeants Major from our unit was retiring, and we were preparing his retirement party at the NCO club on post. We had finished setting up and realized that we had forgotten the flag that was to be given to him from our unit as a gift. I and a fellow soldier rushed back to the unit across post to retrieve it when it began to rain. At first, the rain was just those big, pregnant drops that sometimes fall from a clear summer sky, but it quickly transformed into a raging monsoon. Driving in the military jeep, neither of us could see twenty feet in front of us. Not being the driver, I was forced to exit the jeep and walk immediately in front, waiving a flashlight and tapping the hood to signal the driver to advance. The water rose so fast in the road, that within minutes it was washing over the tops of my boots, leaving me drenched. What was normally a five minute ride took nearly thirty to complete.
Should you make a new paragraph when there are quotations?
I'm not sure what you mean by "quotes," but here are two possible answers. # You do not need to put your paragraph inside quotation marks unless it is not your paragraph. If you have copied a paragraph that someone else wrote, then you do put quotes around it, and also tell who wrote it. # If you would like to end your paragraph with a short quote by someone else, you certainly can do that. If you have found a quote that exactly sums up what you wanted to say, you can conclude by writing "X said, 'Y,'" or "As X said, 'Y'" - X would be the name of the author and Y would be whatever they said. As Heather Armstrong said, "Keep writing."
Can authors use more than one thought pattern in a paragraph or passage?
No, usually it is considered good practice to keep a paragraph limited to one topic and start a new paragraph when the topic changes. (There are, of course, exceptions, such as a paragraph that sets two different topics in relation, but several topics in a single paragraph is often a sign of sloppy writing and rarely a prerequisite for a good paragraph.)
Why do you need to support a paragraph?
Make sure that they support the topic sentence! One way to check this is to mentally change the topic or main idea into a question - then, just be sure that each sentence in your paragraph answers that question somehow!
When you are composing your paragraph, the best way is to make a list of every fact about the topic. Look up information if you need to! Use lots of detail and make the sentences easy to understand. In this way, you can be sure that each of your sentences will support the topic instead of changing the subject.
To make your supporting sentences more vivid and interesting, add description and detail. Click on the Related Questions to see how to make "word pictures" when you write.
Give me an example of a topic sentence?
Run on sentences occur when someone has a variety of ideas and instead of putting them in discrete sentences, uses commas and semi colons and such to just keep going which can be very disconcerting for the reader even when words like "which" and "even" and "however" are used to try to link all those disparate things together; which in the end, does nothing to give the sentence any great clarity or to make it easier to read.
Ex: The old lady just bought a new house and planted a bunch of new flowers in her front yard the flowers were daisys.
In the concluding paragraph the clincher sentence is to do what?
Yes, the clincher sentence is the summary of the whole paragraph and the last sentence. You are supposed to indent the clincher sentence. You can use signal words too in your paragraph and clincher sentence. As clincher sentence comes at the end, there is a topic sentence which comes at the beginning.
I think I made myself clear and it helped you. Bye! Take care
How do you change paragraph to essay?
Usually you will add more Paragraphs(4 or 5 more) to the mix and make sure at the start there is an "opening paragraph" and at the end a "conclusion". Additionally, you should make sure that the paragraph flows.
Most paragraphs should start with a sentence that states the paragraph main idea?
Yes in a paragraph you have one main topic and have at least 3 supporting/relating statements to that topic Yes in a paragraph you have one main topic and have at least 3 supporting/relating statements to that topic
What is the hook in an introduction paragraph?
Which of the following are ways you can hook your reader?
I. Begin with a story or a personal experience
II. Lead with a quotation
III. Start with a question or a statistic
A.I, II, and III<----------- Apex
What are some reasons for urban rural migration?
Because my cousins got tired of working 16 hours a day on the farm, and heard that factory jobs in the city only required 10 hours per day, and paid regardless of drought, hail, gluts of the market, and so on. Besides, all the local girls were already relatives, and the pickings had gotten pretty slim from neighboring counties, most of whose families were in a feud with us.
