【2017年整理】新编与商务英语写作TheDevelopmentottheParagraph.pptVIP

The Paragraph(3): The Development of the Paragraph Joanna Nancy B. Pattern of Developing Paragraphs Development by Time Development by Space Development by Process Development by Citing Statistics Development by Comparison and Contrast Development by Exemplification Development by Cause and Effect Development by Definition Development by Classification 1.Development by Time To describe events by the order of time in which they take place 2.Development by Space When we describe a place, whether it be a room or a big park, we normally describe it according to certain spatial order as if we were shooting a film——either from left to right, from top to bottom, or from what is nearby to what is in the distance, etc. Sample 2My dormitory room is small and crowed. The dark green walls and dirty white ceiling make the room seem dim, and thus even smaller than it is. As you walk into the room, you are stopped short by my bed, which fills half of the room. The two large windows over the bed are hidden by heavy dark green drapes. Against the wall on the left, pushed into a corner behind the head of the bed, is a large bookcase that is crammed with papers, books and knickknacks. Wedged in between the bookcase and the wall opposite the bed is a small grey metal desk. It has a brown wooden chair that seems to fill the left end of the room. Stuffed under the desk is a woven wastepaper basket overflowing with paper and debris. The wall above the bookcase and desk is completely taken up with two small posters. On the right hand side of the room is a narrow closet with clothes, shoes, hats, tennis racquets, and boxes bulging out of its sliding doors. Every time I walk out of the door, I think, “Now I know what it is like to live in a closet.” In example, the first sentence, i.e. the topic sentence, gives us a general idea about the room. The writer first describe the wall and the ceiling, i.e. from the top. Then he moves his “camera” to his bed, which occupies half of t