In this chapter we learn about being able to construct effective paragraphs that will focus on your main ideas, support your thesis, being coherent, etc...
We learn about creating a good topic sentence that will primarily summarize the main idea of the paragraph in one sentence. This sentence would be a general idea of what the reader is going to be reading in this paragraph and of course it is going to be something that will for one support your main idea for writing this essay and you will follow your topic sentence with more support to back up your main point. Furthermore, we learn about making sure that we are staying on topic by sticking to the point. We do not want to include any useless information or information that will drift our readers off the main points.
Another thing we learn about is when to appropriately use examples or illustrations in our paragraphs. Examples are commonly used to support something with facts or give instances of certain ideas. Illustrations are "extended examples frequently presented in story form."(p44) Another thing that is covered is about narration on being able to tell a story usually in chronological order but they could include flashbacks, or interruptions that will take the reader back.
We also learn about being descriptive with our paragraphs by describing person, place, or thing by using concrete and specific details. When writing about a process, ,we want to be descriptive with how that thing is completed or just give the reader explanation from a-z in order for them to have better understanding on how to achieve that thing like making a pizza for example. Another thing that we learn about is how to properly compare and contrast by expressing any similarities of a subject that will further assist us with proving a point. Causes and effects are to be used in a situation to show argument. We also learn about classifying our paragraphs that will help us write a smooth written essay that will support the reasoning from beginning to end. Of course, as learned previously, we want to be as coherent as possible when writing our paragraphs in which it should easily go with the flow from one paragraph to another. We want to clearly link our ideas to the main point of the topic sentence as well as being able to repeat any key words that can help the reader have better understanding and not lose interest or the main idea for that paragraph.
Lastly, we learn about being able to maintain consistency by making sure that we do not drift off the main topic and how to transition a sentence with what has been read. Also, most importantly, how to determine when the proper length has been achieved for that one paragraph. We do not want to overwhelm our readers but instead make sure that we keep their interest throughout the essay until the very end.
After reading this chapter, I have better understanding on how to effectively compose a well written paragraph that will over all support my thesis, main ideas, and making sure that I stick on topic. I will make double sure to read my essay out loud to make sure that everything sounds coherent and that I am providing enough detailed information to support everything being written without drifting off.
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