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• In Act II, the Stage Manager says, In Act II, the Stage Manager says, ““you’ve got to love life to have life, you’ve got to love life to have life, and you’ve got to have life to love and you’ve got to have life to love life. It’s what they call a vicious life. It’s what they call a vicious circlecircle.” .”

• What did he What did he meanmean by that? How by that? How does the rest of the play support does the rest of the play support his claim?his claim?

Aim: How do you fine tune a paragraph?

1. Clarity• The topic sentence

2. Unity• The focus on the topic sentence

3. Development• The supporting details for the topic sentence

4. Organization• The pattern of organizing the supporting details

5. Coherence• The transitions within the paragraph

Aim: How do you fine tune a paragraph?

• A topic sentence should be a clear, specific assertion that the body paragraph will develop.

– Many people are convinced that large doses of vitamin C will prevent the common cold.

– In this paragraph, I will discuss global warming.

– Colleges should make sure that every student has access to a computer.

Aim: How do you fine tune a paragraph?

• Unity is how well every sentence clearly and directly relates back to the topic sentence.

Detail Detail

Explanation

Topic Sentence

Aim: How do you fine tune a paragraph?

Organizational Patterns

Chronological Climactic Topical

Aim: How do you fine tune a paragraph?

• It is important to keep several things in mind when shopping for a new stereo.

• My first week at my new job began badly but ended better than I ever could have expected.

• To protect yourself on campus, take the following precautions.

• The Mustangs are a stronger team than the Bobcats for several reasons.

Aim: How do you fine tune a paragraph?

Patterns dictate Transitions

after, finally, soon,Then, before, In June,

During

Moreover, furthermore,Also, In addition,

The most important

One kind, yet another,equally

Aim: How do you fine tune a paragraph?

• During his lifetime, Jim Thorpe faced many obstacles. Thorpe was born in 1888, the son of an Irish father and a Native American mother. He was sent to Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.

• During his lifetime, Jim Thorpe faced many obstacles. Thorpe was born in 1888…In 1904, he was sent to the Carlisle school…

• Cities created police forces for a number of reasons. The first reason was status: after the Civil War, it became a status symbol to have a uniformed police force. A police force provided a large number of political jobs. This meant that politicians were able to promise jobs to people who would work to support them. Police forces made people feel safe. Police officers helped visitors find their way. They took in lost children and sometimes fed the homeless. They directed traffic, enforced health ordinances and provided other services. Police officers kept order. Without them, criminals would have made nineteenth-century cities unbearable.