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Mastering the Paragraph - Coggle Diagram
Mastering the Paragraph
The Good Paragraph: Desirable Qualities
Conciseness
Remove unnecessary words and phrases from the text
Logical Rigour and Supporting Evidence
Reasonably accurately evidence that will satisfy the readers
Being sure that make claims with supporting evidence
Clarity
Reader takes the same meaning that the writer has put into it
Good academic writing
The Good Paragraph: Essential Qualities
Unity
Support the main idea
Must display unity
Improper tense destroys the sense´paragraph
Cohesion
Sentences hang together
Reading smooth
Comprenhesion easy
Result of a good structure
Common conhesive devices
Linking words and phrases
Like: But, however, besides, first, second, finally, etc.
Repeating words or their synonyms cutting words
Pro-active approach.
Another approach to reducing emissions.
The relevant words and phrases (italicis)
Previous paragraph proper conector hooks it to th signals to the reader it´s a continuation of the same line of argument.
The Structure of the Paragraph
Types of Paragraphs
Narrative Paragraphs
Narrate Events
Chronological Order
Descriptive Paragraphs
Describe things and processes
Spatial Order
Describing abstracitons
Expository Paragraphs
Explain phenomena and their relationships
Different structural patterns
cause and effect
effect and cause(s)
Compare and contrast
Illustrate ideas
present arguments
Enumerate things
Desing and construction
Topic Sentence
Particular topic of the paragraph
Link to what has been convered
Supporting Sentences
Expansion of the topic sentence into a story
How to Develop Paragraphs
Defining
Specifying a concept or a claim
Exemplification
Supporting a claim
Making a claim easy to understand
Comparing and contrasting
Compare and contrast two or more things
Look for similarities and differences between two or more ideas
Analysis
Look for the relationships, functions and interconnections
Analytical paragraphs
Topic sentence
Explanation
Make a concept simpler for the reader
Give a reason why something happened or will happen
Listing or clasification
Develop a well structure paragraph
Itemize categories