专四作文举例法Exemplification

Exemplificationisoneofthemostcommonmethodsofparagraphdevelopment.Wemakeastatementandthenexplainitwithexamples.Choose:relevantusefulrepresentative典型的accurateFromyourpersonalexperience.FromyourpersonalobservationsFromshortstories,novels,televisionormovies.Fromauthoritativesources:facts,statisticsorreports.Useexamplestoexplainorclarify◦Usespecificexamplestoensureyourreaderfullyunderstandsyourstatement.◦Don’tleaveyourreadersquestioningwhatyouhavetosay.FOREXAMPLE:“Eventhoughhorrormoviesseemmodern,theyreallyaren’t”Thisisavaguestatementthatneedsexamples.ContinuebygivinganexamplelikeFrankensteinwhichwasactuallywritteninthe1800’s.ThetopicsentenceThetopicsentenceusuallytellsthereadersthesubjectunderdiscussion.Inaddition,itshouldpointoutthemainideaoftheparagraph.Thesupportingsentencesusuallyprovideseveralexampleswhichcenteronthemainideastatedinthetopicsentence.Whenthinkingoftheexamples,weshould:SelectgoodexamplesArrangetheexamplesinagoodorderGoodexamplesshouldbespecificGoodexamplesshouldbeappropriateuchastake……forexamplesb./sth./serves/canbeusedas/a/typical/representativeexampleAgoodexamplecanbeseen……Forexample,forinstanceShownby,illustratedbyHistoryisfilledwithexamples……Goodmannersareimportantinallcountries,butwaysofexpressinggoodmannersaredifferentfromcountrytocountry.Americanseatwithknivesandforks;Japaneseeatwithchopsticks.Americanssay“Hi”whentheymeet;Japanesebow.ManyAmericanmenopendoorsforwomen;Japanesemendonot.Onthesurface,itappearsthatgoodmannersinAmericanarenotgoodmannersinJapan,andinawaythisistrue.Butinanycountry,themannersthatareimportantarethoseinvolvingoneperson’sbehaviortowardsanotherperson.Inallcountriesitisgoodmannerstobehaveconsideratelytowardsothersandbadmannersnotto.Itisonlythewayofbehavingpolitelythatdiffersfromcountrytocountry.Onecaseinpointisagirlwhowasrapedlastyear.Candy,whocampaignsonbehalfofthelocalresidents,isacaseinpoint.acaseinpointisthat……e.g.Women’sfashiontendstochangerapidly.Oneexampleistheirpurseswhichvaryfrombigonestomiddle-sized,andtotosmallones.Anotherexampleistheirskirts.Intheearly1980’s,allwomenworetheirskirtsdowntotheankle.Today,skirtlengthvariesfromfloor-length(及地的)toteninchesabovetheknees.Onemoreexampleistheshoes.Women’sshoeshavealsogonethroughallsortsofchangesinthelastdecadeormore.Forinstance,bootsforwomenwerecommonaroundtheturnof80’sand90’s.Then,foryears,theywerenotconsideredfashionable.Perhapsthemostimportanteffectofpersonalcomputerhasbeentoexpandourabilitytocommunicateinaglobalcommunity.AlonelymaninMinnesotacantalkwithaoutgoingpersoninMississippi.SchoolchildreninManhattancantalkviacomputertoschoolchildreninMoscow.HighschoolstudentscanobtainstatisticsforahistorypaperfromalibraryinLondon.Asinglecomputerusercansendane-mailmessagetomillionsofpeopleallovertheworld.Justimaginewhatwouldbelikeif……