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Ajoy Batta, Lovely Professional University                        Unit 13: Basic Cohesive Paragraph Writing




                     Unit 13: Basic Cohesive Paragraph Writing                                  Notes


             CONTENTS

             Objectives
             Introduction
             13.1 Paragraph
             13.2  Parts of a Paragraph
             13.3  Types of Paragraph

                 13.3.1 Descriptive Paragraph
                 13.3.2 Explanatory Paragraph
                 13.3.3 Evaluative Paragraph
                 13.3.4 Classifying Paragraph

                 13.3.5  Comparative and Contrasting
                 13.3.6 Sequencing Paragraph
                 13.3.7 Choice Paragraph
             13.4  Writing a Paragraph
                 13.4.1  The Prewriting Stage

                 13.4.2  The Writing Stage
                 13.4.3  The Editing Stage
             13.5 Precis
             13.6  Goals of a Précis

             13.7  Features of a Precis
             13.8 Summary
             13.9 Keywords
             13.10 Self Assessment
             13.11 Review Questions
             13.12 Further Readings


          Objectives

          After studying this unit, you will be able to:
          z    State the meaning and importance of paragraph

          z    Know the methods of constructing paragraph and précis
          z    Describe different types of paragraphs
          z    Identify the features of precis








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