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Ways of Developing Paragraphs Paragraph development Topic sentence controlling idea Supporting details major minor Details factual, example or illustration, descriptive Orders time, space, general-specific, specific-general, climax Patterns narration, process, definition, classification, comparison contrast, cause effect, analogy Identification of details 1.factual details: highly informative persuasive facts, events, statistics , for example: Having smoke detectors on guard in your home can save your life—it’s as simple as that. According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, over 75% of all home fire deaths take place while people are asleep. While smoke alarms will not extinguish 熄灭 fires, the alarm they send out will wake you up, increasing your chances of getting up, getting out and calling the fire department. If you are one of those people Continued who think fires happen only to “other people”, consider that more than 6,000 people who die and that over 300,000 people who are injured from fires each year who also thought it happened only to “others” before their fire occurred. Smoke detectors are simple to install and moderately 适度地 priced. Properly placed, they will help to keep you out of the nation’s fire statistics. 2. Descriptive details To convey an impression—how something looked, smelled, tasted. For example: Few people know the basic facts about diamonds. They consist of pure crystallized 结晶 carbon 元素 and are usually found in the form of crystals. They come in many shapes: some have eight faces; others have forty-eight. Diamonds are the hardest substance known, and for this reason acids do not affect them. They are, however, brittle 易碎 and can be split. To polish diamonds one must use oil and diamond powder. 3. Illustrations Examples For example: Diamonds have lured many people into trouble. The famous Nikolas Verden stole the Khybar stone from a shop in Amsterdam 荷兰首都 , Holland, fled to Naples 那不勒斯,意大利西南港口城市 ,