Unit 2 Supporting Details.pptVIP

Warming Up Romantic love is the core of human life. Mencius says, “The desire for food and sex is nature.” In other words, love is innate. If one remains a lifelong stranger to love, how can he thoroughly understand life? Selected from Love is Not a Game Translated by Zhang Peiji I. English Conventions As a matter of fact, the information in each paragraph should function adequately and reasonably to explain, exemplify, illustrate, define, or in some other way support the topic sentence. Therefore, writers must utilize enough supporting information or details in the paragraph to enable readers to understand the topic sentence. Moreover, writers must make the information clear and specific enough for readers to accept their ideas. 1.1 Understanding the nature of narration Narration is the writing pattern the writers choose when they want to tell the readers how something has happened. In its most common form, narration is the telling of a story, the purpose of which is to illustrate something, persuade or even entertain the readers. Narration is basically composed of three interrelated sections: the introduction, the development, and the conclusion in an essay. The introduction presents an overall theme for the story. With the development, the story generally unfolds in chronological order. The conclusion puts a satisfying end to the story. The focus of a good narration lies in the connection between successive events and actions. 1.2 Strategies for writing a narrative paragraph 1.2.1 Identify the purpose A good narration paragraph must have a clear purpose; it must make a point. In reality, the theme of this paragraph is the point a writer is about to make, not the story itself. 1.2 Strategies for writing a narrative paragraph 1.2.2 Keep the topic sentence in mind It’s essential for the writer to keep the topic sentence in mind and organize in an appropriate way what he/she is going