Composition Writing Course

Paragraph writing
Introduction: a topic sentence (A TS is usually found at the beginning of a paragraph. A TS
can either be the first sentence or the second sentence of a paragraph)
Topic sentence is consisted of main idea (topic) and controlling idea (trailer/ promo which
signals what you are going to do throughout the paragraph/ the author’s stance).
Body
Conclusion

Importance of Tree Plantation

Trees are vital in our life. Or
Trees have a great influence on the environment.

Trees are important in our life for various reasons.

1. Ecological balance (ii)
2. Oxygen (i)
3. Shelter (v)
4. Furniture (vi)
5. Food (iii)
6. Beautification (vii)
7. Medicine (iv)

Trees should be planted for various reasons.

Endangered species
Blue whales are getting extinct for several reasons.
Many endangered species will be lost soon if certain precautionary steps are not taken.
Royal Bengal Tiger is being endangered because of deforestation and hunting.

Rising of the fuel cost is a matter of concern.

The cost of fuel is hitting high price for several reasons.

Order/ Sequence:
1. Spatial sequence
Front to back/ back to front
Top to bottom/ bottom to top
Left to right/ right to left
2. Order by importance
Most important to least important
Least important to most important
3. Order by generality
General to specific
Specific to general
4. Chronological order
Most recent to least recent
Least recent to most recent