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TheDevelopmentoftheParagraphByAliceWangandVanessaWangTipsforWritingParagraphTowriteaparagraph,youshouldthinkofthemainideawewanttoexpress,whichcanserveasthetopicsentence.Thenwehavethinkofthedetailstosupportthetopicsentence,summarizethedetailsasoutlines.TipsforWritingParagraphMainidea:WhyshouldthestudentsgotocollegeOutline:1.Agoodplaceforlearning.2.Asafesheltertobeontheirown.3.Offeringotherlearningopportunities.Paragraph:Whyshouldthestudentsgotocollege?Firstandforemost,collegecanbeagreatplaceforstudentstolearnaboutthemselvesandaboutsociety.Collegeisaplacewherestudentsgetasafechancetomatureevenastheypursueadegreeandapoten-tialcareerandwherevisionaryideasgotobechallenged,grow,andmature.Next,collegecanbeagreatplacetospendfouryears.Studentsoftengettheirfirstchanceatlearningtobeontheirown.Atthesametime,theystillhaveasafetynet,“ashelterwheretheycandevelopthemselves.”Inaddition,collegeoffersotherlearningopportunities,too.Muchofwhatstudentsgainincollegemaycomefromlearningoutsidetheclassroomandfromparticipatingincampusorganizations.DevelopingaParagraphbyTimeDevelopingaparagraphbytimeistodescribeeventsbytheorderoftimeinwhichtheytakeplace.Thismethodisalsocalledchronologicalsequencing.Itismainlyusedinsimplestoriesaswellasinbiographies(列传，传记),historicalessays,andexplanationsofscientificprocessesandexperiments,etc.DevelopingaParagraphbyTimeSampleParagraphThemorningaftermyteachercamesheledmeintoherroomandgavemeadoll.ThelittleblindchildrenatthePerkinsInstitutionhadsentitandLauraBridgmanhaddressedit;butIdidnotknowthisuntilafterward.WhenIhadplayedwithitalittlewhile,MissSullivanslowlyspelledintomyhandtheword”d-o-l-l.”Iwasatonceinterestedinthisfingerplayandtriedtoimitateit.WhenIfinallysucceededinmakingtheletterscorrectly,Iwasflushedwithchildishpleasureandpride.RunningdownstairstomymotherIheldupmyhandandmadethelettersfordoll.IdidnotknowthatIwasspellingawordoreventhatwordsexisted;Iwassimplymakingmyfingersgoinmonkey-likeimitation.InthedaysthatfollowedIlearnedtospellinthisuncomprehendingwayagreatmanywords,amongthempin,hat,cup,andafewverbslikesit,stand,andwalk.ButmyteacherhadbeenwithmeseveralweeksbeforeIunderstoodthateverythinghasaname.DevelopingaParagraphbySpaceSpatialordernormallybedescribedformlefttoright,fromtoptobottom,orfromwhatisnearbytowhatisinthedistance,etc.Thiskindofdescriptionrequiresagoodtopicsentence,aclearorganizationinspace,andappropriateexpressionsofspaceandadjectivesdenotingsize,shapeandquality.DevelopingaParagraphbySpaceSampleParagraphOurdormitory,sharedbyeightstudents,isonthefifthflooroftheStudents’DormitoryBuildingNo.7.Itswindowsfaceanoisystreet.It’sasmallroom,about12squaremeters.Againstboththeleftandrightwallsstandfourbunks.Inthemiddleoftheroom,therearefourdesks,alwayspiledwithbooks,newspapersandmagazines.Thereisastandforbasinsnearthedoor.Wehavemadeitbeautifullybyputtingourfavoritepicturesonthewalls.Thoughitiscrowded,it’saniceplacetous.DevelopingaParagraphbyProcessDevelopingaparagraphbyprocessisastep-by-stepdescriptionofhowsomethingisdone.Inasenseitisalsoakindofchronologicalorder,sinceitfollowsthenaturalorderinwhichtheeventtakesplace.Whenreadingsuchparagraphs,thereaderisactuallyfollowingthewriterthroughtheprocess.DevelopingaParagraphbyProcessSampleParagraphMakinghamburgersisreallyverysimple.Allyouneedisapoundofmincedbeefwhichyoumixwiththeotherthings---saltandpepper,ateaspoonofmustard,andaneggaswell.Youbreaktheegginabowl,andmixallthethingstogetherwithafork.Whenitissmoothandwell-mixed,makeroundhamburgersfromthemixture,androlltheminsomeflour.Thenyouneedafryingpanandsomeoil.Frythehamburgersonbothsidesforabout15minutesuntiltheyarebrown.Whentheyareready,getsomesoftbreadrollsandcuttheminhalf.Putthehamburgersinsidethemandeatthemassoonaspossible.DevelopingaParagraphbyProcessDevelopingaparagraphbycitingstatisticsiscommonlyusedinresearchpapersorsimilarwritings.Whenproperlyused,statisticswilllendcredibilitytoourarguments.Theselectionofstatisticsisalsoveryimportant.Thelistingofstatisticsgivesthereaderssomespecificinformationaboutthetopic.Thismethodrequiresaccuracyandcompletenessofthestatisticswhenthewriterpreparesthematerials.DevelopingaParagraphbyCitingStatisticsSampleParagraphGreatachievementshavebeenmadeinvarioussocialundertakingssuchaseducationandpublichealth.Bytheendof2000,anine-yearcompulsoryeducationhasbeenmadeuniversalbyandlarge,andilliteracyamongyoungandmiddle-agedpeoplehasbeenbasicallyeliminated.Ontheaverage,thenumberofcollegestudentsforevery10,000peopleincreasedfrom8.9in1978to32.8in1999.Onthewholeeverybodyhasaccesstoprimaryhealthcareservice.Thematernalmortalityratehasplummetedfrom94.7per100,000in1990to56.2per100,000in1998.Thehospitalizeddeliveryratereachedover66.8%in1999.Theaveragelifeexpectancyincreasedto71years,thesameasinmedium-leveldevelopedcountries.DevelopingaParagraphbyCitingStatisticsComparisonandcontrastareusuallyappliedtothingsbelongingtothesamegeneralclass.Theyareusedbetweentwoapparentlysimilarthingstorevealtheirsignificantdifferences,orbetweentwoseeminglyunrelatedthingstodiscoverthe