Chapter 5 is about writing paragraphs. As stated on page 62, paragraphs must be unified. This can be achieved by using topic sentences and testing for unity. Paragraphs must also be coherent, showing the logical relationship between sentences. Strategies for accomplishing this are listed on page 65 and the following pages, including arranging details in chronological, logical, or spatial order. I will try using logical order in my paper because it is about health care. This chapter also offers to add coherence with suggestions on using transitional words and phrases, using pronouns, using parallel structure, and repeating key words and phrases. Paragraphs must also be well-developed, including enough details to make or prove a point. Introductory, transitional, and concluding paragraphs are special kinds of paragraphs, and pages 80-82 offer suggestions that helped me to write my introductory paragraph.
Chapter 7 brought out some interesting ideas on how to plan an argument. My wife is good at that. I found pg. 98 valuable. It got me started in thinking about my topic and how to go about debating it with for my audience. Also I will need to find good evidence so that my audience can be interested and not lose the focus of me research topic. Pg. 103 gave an example of how to put a thesis into a well argumentative form.
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