writing-body-paragraphs

BodyParagraphsBodyParagraphs中间段位于开头段之后，用于支持开头段中提出的论点，可以在中间段中将论点breakdown为几个分论点，但每个分论点必须要和整篇文章的论点紧密联系。EssayIntroduction&ThesisStatementBodyParagraph1BodyParagraph2开头背景句论点支持论点BodyParagraphs“中间段”只是文章中间部分的一个统称。实际上可以根据分论点的不同和论述的逐渐深入把中间部分分为几个小段落，每个段落可以有两到五句话，在每个段落前要空格。Form________________________.____________________._____________________._________________________.____________________________.____________________.______________________.______________________________.indentKeyFeatures中间段有下面几个特征：ATopicSentenceSupportingSentencesAConcludingSentenceUnityTopicSentencesEveryparagraphshouldhaveatopicsentence.Thisisthemostimportantsentencebecauseitexpressesthemainideaoftheparagraph.DefinitionBodyParagraphAnimportantfactorinlearningaforeignlanguagehastodowiththeconceptofintrinsicversusextrinsicmotivation.Whenwedosomethingforthe“funofit”orbecauseweenjoyit,thatiscalledintrinsicmotivation.Extrinsicmotivation,ontheotherhand,iswhenwedosomethingforthepurposeofreceivingsomekindofexternalrewardsuchasmoney,timeofffromwork,etc.Manyeducationexpertsbelievethatintrinsicmotivationismorepowerfulwhenitcomestohelpingstudentsretainwhatthey’velearned.Thequestionandchallengeforteacherstodayis,“Howcanwehelpourstudentsbecomeintrinsicallymotivatedinwhatweareteaching?”ExampleTopicSentenceTopicSentence:statesthemainideaoftheparagraph.TopicSentenceEssentialsCompleteSentenceThereareseveralthingsyouneedtorememberwhenwritingtopicsentences.Thefirstisthattopicsentencesarealwayscompletesentences.ExampleFirstly,strategiesoflearningEnglish.Firstly,therearemanystrategiesthatyoucanusetohelpyoulearnanewlanguage.It’sNOTacompletesentence.ExampleTheDayoftheDead.TheDayoftheDeadisaspecialholidayinMexicowhenpeoplecangettogethertorememberdeceasedlovedones.NotacompletesentenceTopicSentenceEssentialsTwoPartsAtopicsentencecontainsthetopicoftheparagraphandacontrollingidea.Thecontrollingidealimitsthetopictosomethingveryspecific.ExampleTopicandControllingIdeaTopicSentenceOneofthemostseriousproblemsintoday’sinner-citypublicschoolsisovercrowdedclassrooms.Topic:namesthemainideaorgeneralsubjectoftheparagraphControllingIdea:makesaspecificcommentaboutthesubject.Tellsthereaderwhattheparagraphwillsayaboutthemaintopic.Example2TopicandControllingIdeaTopicSentenceAnotherseriousproblemsintoday’sinner-citypublicschoolsisthelowpercentageoftrainedteachers.Topic:namesthemainideaorgeneralsubjectoftheparagraphControllingIdea:makesaspecificcommentaboutthesubject.Tellsthereaderwhattheparagraphwillsayaboutthemaintopic.TopicSentenceCompaniesshoulddevelopmoreefficientformsofenergysuchassolarheatingpanels.ExampleThissentencecontainsacontrollingidea.Butthisisnotagoodtopicsentence,becauseitdoesnotlimitthetopictomakeitmorespecific.ControllingIdea:limitstheideasintheparagraphandmakesthesentencemorespecific.TopicSentenceCompaniesneedtodevelopmoreenergy.Topic:namesthemainideaBeCareful!Makesurethatyourtopicsentencedoesnotcontaintoomanycontrollingideas.TopicSentenceTheadventoftheInternethasbenefitedsocietythroughimprovedcommunication.ExampleTherearetoomanycontrollingideastobecoveredinoneparagraph.Agoodtopicsentenceshouldbelimitedtoonecontrollingidea.Mosttopicsentencescontainonlyonecontrollingidea.TopicSentenceTheadventoftheInternethasbenefitedsocietythroughimprovedcommunication,accesstoinformation,andstreamlinedcommerce.SupportingSentencesDefinition在每一段的主题句之后，会有若干个支持句，通过事实、细节信息、举例等来支持主题句的内容。SupportingSentencesTopicSentenceAnimportantfactorinlearningaforeignlanguagehastodowiththeconceptofintrinsicversusextrinsicmotivation.Whenwedosomethingforthe“funofit”orbecauseweenjoyit,thatiscalledintrinsicmotivation.Extrinsicmotivation,ontheotherhand,iswhenwedosomethingforthepurposeofreceivingsomekindofexternalrewardsuchasmoney,timeofffromwork,etc.Manyeducationexpertsbelievethatintrinsicmotivationismorepowerfulwhenitcomestohelpingstudentsretainwhatthey’velearned.SupportingSentencesConcludingSentenceAconcludingsentenceisthelastsentenceinaparagraph.Aconclusioncanremindthereaderofthemainpointsofaparagraphand/orleavethereaderwithsomethingtothinkaboutinrelationtothetopic.Lookatthenextpagetoseehowthewriterusedaconcludingsentence.DefinitionandPurposeUnityDefinitionGoodparagraphshaveunity.Thatmeansthateachsentenceintheparagraphisrelatedtothetopicsentence.Unifiedparagraphsalsodiscussonlyonemainidea.BodyParagraphOneoftherecentstatussymbolsformanyAmericanbusinesspeopleisthepalmpilot.Palmpilotsaresmallelectronicdevicesthathelppeopleorganizeinformationsuchasdatesformeetings,shortnotes,andaddressesofcontacts.Faxmachinesarealsoverypopularamongofficeworkers.Withpalmpilots,apersoncaninputinformationatanytimeandanyplace.Manybusinesspeoplealsohavecellularphonessothattheycanmakephonecallsfromjustaboutanywhere.Whenapersonreturnstotheofficefromabusinesstrip,he/shewon’thavetospendhoursorganizingnotesoraddresses,becausethepalmpilotalreadyhasthatinformation.Allthatpersonhastodonowishookupthepalmpilottoapersonalcomputer,andvoila!Alltheinformationfrommeetingsisefficientlyorganizedontheharddriveofthepersonalcomputer!Findthesentencesthat