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PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION
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Paragraph
It is came from the Greek
word paragraphos, "to write beside" or
"written beside It is a series of sentences that are
organized and coherent, and
are all related to a single topic.
It is consists of one or more
sentences.
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TOPIC SENTENCES
A well-organizedparagraph supports or
develops a single
controlling idea, which is
expressed in a sentence
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Functions:
it unifies the content of a
paragraph.
directs the order of thesentences.
it advises the reader of thesubject to be discussed and how
the paragraph will discuss it.
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PARAGRAPHSTRUCTURE
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The first section of a paragraph;
should include the topic sentence
and any other sentences at thebeginning of the paragraph that
give background information orprovide a transition.
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It discusses the
controlling idea, usingfacts, arguments,
analysis, examples, andother information.
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Conclusion
It summarizes the
connections between theinformation discussed in
the body of the paragraphand the paragraphs
controlling idea.
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SCIENTISTS HAVE LEARNED TO SUPPLEMENT THE SENSE OFSIGHT IN NUMEROUS WAYS. In front of the tiny pupil of the eye theyput, on Mount Palomar, a great monocle 200 inches in diameter, andwith it see 2000 times farther into the depths of space. Or they
look through a small pair of lenses arranged as a microscope into adrop of water or blood, and magnify by as much as 2000 diametersthe living creatures there, many of which are among mans mostdangerous enemies. Or, if we want to see distant happenings onearth, they use some of the previously wasted electromagnetic
waves to carry television images which they re-create as light bywhipping tiny crystals on a screen with electrons in a vacuum. Orthey can bring happenings of long ago and far away as coloredmotion pictures, by arranging silver atoms and color-absorbingmolecules to force light waves into the patterns of originalreality. Or if we want to see into the center of a steel casting or the
chest of an injured child, they send the information on a beam ofpenetrating short-wave X rays, and then convert it back into imageswe can see on a screen or photograph. THUS ALMOST EVERY TYPE OFELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION YET DISCOVERED HAS BEEN USED TOEXTEND OUR SENSE OF SIGHT IN SOME WAY.
George Harrison, Faith and the Scientist
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COHERENCE
A text has coherence
when all of the ideas arerelated to the main idea
of the text
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Coherence makes a text easy tounderstand. In a coherent text:
All ideas support the main idea of thetext.
Every paragraph discusses only onemain idea.
The connection between ideas is clear.
The organization and order of ideas is
logical.
A text is coherent if it makes sense.
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Techniques to establish coherence in
paragraphs :
Repeat key words or phrases.
Create parallel structures.
Be consistent in point of view, verbtense, and number.
Use transition words or phrases
between sentences and between
paragraphs.
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I dont wish to deny that the flattened, minuscule head ofthe large-bodied "stegosaurus" houses little brain from oursubjective, top-heavy perspective, BUT I do wish to assert that weshould not expect more of the beast. FIRST OF ALL, large animalshave relatively smaller brains than related, small animals. Thecorrelation of brain size with body size among kindred animals (allreptiles, all mammals, FOR EXAMPLE is remarkably regular. AS wemove from small to large animals, from mice to elephants or smalllizards to Komodo dragons, brain size increases, BUT not so fast as
body size. IN OTHER WORDS, bodies grow faster than brains, ANDlarge animals have low ratios of brain weight to body weight. INFACT, brains grow only about two-thirds as fast as bodies. SINCEwe have no reason to believe that large animals are consistentlystupider than their smaller relatives, we must conclude that large
animals require relatively less brain to do as well as smalleranimals. IF we do not recognize this relationship, we are likely tounderestimate the mental power of very large animals, dinosaursin particular.
Stephen Jay Gould, Were Dinosaurs Dumb?
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To show addition:
again, and, also, besides, equally
important, first (second, etc.), further,
furthermore, in addition, in the first place,
moreover, next, too To give examples:
for example, for instance, in fact,
specifically, that is, to illustrate
To compare:
also, in the same manner, likewise,
similarly
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To contrast:
although, and yet, at the same time, but,despite, even though, however, in contrast,
in spite of, nevertheless, on the contrary,on the other hand, still, though, yet
To summarize or conclude:
all in all, in conclusion, in other words, inshort, in summary, on the whole, that is,therefore, to sum up
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To show time:
after, afterward, as, as long as, as soon as, atlast, before, during, earlier, finally, formerly,
immediately, later, meanwhile, next, since,shortly, subsequently, then, thereafter, until,when, while
To show place or direction:
above, below, beyond, close, elsewhere,farther on, here, nearby, opposite, to the left(north, etc.)
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To indicate logical relationship:
accordingly, as a result, because,
consequently, for this reason,hence, if, otherwise, since, so,
then, therefore, thus
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