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66 PART ONE - THE BASICS OF THE SHORT ESSAY


✍ APPLYING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED TO Y OUR WRITING
If you are currently drafting an essay, look closely at your body paragraphs.
Find the topic sentence in each paragraph and circle the key words that most
clearly communicate the main idea of the paragraph. Then ask yourself if the
information in each paragraph effectively supports, explains, or illustrates
the main idea of the paragraph’s topic sentence. Is there enough information?
If you’re not sure, try numbering your supporting details. Are there too few to
be persuasive? Does the paragraph present clear, specific supporting material
or does it contain too many vague generalities to be convincing? Where could
you add more details to Giúp the reader understand your ideas better and to
make each paragraph more interesting? ( For more Giúp revising your para-
graphs, see Chapter 5.)

PARAGRAPH UNITY
Every sentence in a body paragraph should relate directly to the main idea
presented by the topic sentence. A paragraph must stick to its announced sub-
ject; it must not drift away into another discussion. In other words, a good
paragraph has unity.
Examine the unified paragraph below; note that the topic sentence clearly
states the paragraph’s main point and that each sentence thereafter supp



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