Monday, 30 July 2012

Topic, supporting, concluding sentence


 In a paragraph, generally the first sentence is the topic sentence. There is a strict connection between the main idea and the topic sentence. Topic Sentence is shaped by the controlling idea. Controlling idea is the focus and is placed in a topic sentence.
  
Example:

Education mirrors the society.
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SUPPORTING SENTENCE

      The supporting sentence is the developing part which improves major ideas. While writing supporting sentence, controlling idea must be fully explained, discussed and exemplified.

Example:

      Nature has a perfect system for recycling water. That is, water is used again and again. It falls as rain. Then it goes one of the three places, it may seep slowly into the thick soil as it soaks through into the natural reservoirs quickly. It might run off into streams to rivers to the oceans. In short, the chain of changes goes on and on systematically. 

Demirezen, Mehmet. From Sentence to Paragraph Structure


CONCLUDING SENTENCE

      Generally, a concluding sentence is a restatement of the topic sentence, it gives the same information as the topic sentence but it is expressed in a different way. While writing concluding sentence, we can use adverbs such as “all in all, consequently, in conclusion, in short, in summary”.

Example:

      My special treasure is a picture of my mother on her fifteenth birthday. This picture is always in my house when I was growing up. Years later when I got married and moved to Montreal, my mother gave it to me so that I would always remember her. Now, it sits on my table next to my bed. I look at it and, imagine my mother’s life on that day. I think she was excited because her eyes are shining with happiness. Her smile is shy as if she were thinking about a secret. She is standing next to rose bush, and the roses are taller than she is. She is wearing a beautiful white lace dress and black shoes. Her hair is long and curly. She looks lovely in this peaceful place, and I feel calm when I gaze into her eyes at the end of my busy day. This picture of my mother is my most valuable possession.


STAGES OF WRITING PROCESS


These are the stages of writing process. First, you need to gathering some details to provide better results for your writing. Second, you have to discovering a purpose that is you'll have to understand your purpose of writing some topics. Third, you need to select and order details to fit a purpose. you must have a working thesis or ideas on what are you trying to explain. After that, you must at least do some revision or check your writing make sure it make sense. Next step is editing. Editing means to re-write your paper and make it even more effective. The last step is do a proofreading meaning to read every word on your paper make sure there's nothing mistake or word misspelled.


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