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... paragraph is to break the text into readable units . The paragraph helps the reader by grouping sentences around a central idea - a topic sentence . Therefore , the paragraph is the basic unit in the development of a subject . The ...
... paragraph is to break the text into readable units . The paragraph helps the reader by grouping sentences around a central idea - a topic sentence . Therefore , the paragraph is the basic unit in the development of a subject . The ...
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... paragraphs is to ask yourself two questions : 1. What is the main point of this paragraph ? 2. What must I tell my reader to support , explain , or clarify it ? Expository devices similar to those used in developing definitions ( see ...
... paragraphs is to ask yourself two questions : 1. What is the main point of this paragraph ? 2. What must I tell my reader to support , explain , or clarify it ? Expository devices similar to those used in developing definitions ( see ...
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... paragraph prods her to look back to where she has been and to look ahead to where she is going . The technique is simple : the writer tells the reader briefly the ... Paragraphs, 37 Paragraph Principles Summarized, Some Advice on Style,
... paragraph prods her to look back to where she has been and to look ahead to where she is going . The technique is simple : the writer tells the reader briefly the ... Paragraphs, 37 Paragraph Principles Summarized, Some Advice on Style,
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Technical WritingHow We Transfer Factual Information and Knowledge | 3 |
Semantics and the Process of Communication | 9 |
Semantics | 16 |
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