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Skills in Writing How many parts does an essay have? 1. An opening paragraph 2. The body (at least one, but usually two or more paragraphs.) 3. A concluding paragraph What should be included in the opening paragraph? Should the money invested into a university library be used to buy books or to buy computers? What do you think? Why? 1. My answer is computers. 2. When people ask me which I should invest into, computers or books, I choose computers. 3. With fast development of computer technology, books, as a traditional medium, are more and more challenged. Many libraries are faced with such a dilemma, whether they should invest on computers or on books. With every aspect taken into consideration, I believe that to invest on computers would be a better choice. Opening Paragraph The opening paragraph consists of two parts: general statements (a general background of the topic) and the topic statement (the main idea or the topic focus). Example Have you ever kept yourself waiting for a bus for an hour in the rain? Have you ever met some urgency so that you had to go to hospital but found no taxi around? Or have you ever regretfully told your country-living parents that it took too much time to go and see them but you wished you could? If you have never had such experiences, you would never know how important a car is. Strategies of a good opening 1. Giving a striking fact that can arouse curiosity. 2. Ask a question that the essay will answer. 3. Use a vivid quotation. 4. Write a direct opening 5. …… opening 1. When it comes to…, some think…the others believe… 2. There is a public debate today that… 2. A is common way of …, but is it a wise one? 4. Recently the problem has been brought into focus that… The Body The body consists of one or more paragraphs. Each paragraph develops a major point of the topic, serving as the support to the thesis. The Body Unity: which means that each paragraph is centered on one main idea. (If you start to discu