Mahda Ariyani

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EXERCISE 1
Select one of the following subjects and write a topic sentence for it. Use facts to develop your topic
sentence into a unified paragraph.
Butter Terrorism Book Picnic
It was the month November. My examination was over. I along with my friends decided to go
on a picnic. It was a thrilling idea. We all were excited. We decided to go to a tea-garden in sylhet.
The garden was the home land of a friend. It was a short journey. We started our journey in the
morning and reached the garden at about 10.00 a.m. We selected an open space which was shaded by
trees. Then we proceeded to make arrangements for cooking our food.

EXERCISE 2
Read the following paragraph closely.
Now try to analyze this paragraph. The writer has used eight statistic to support his topic sentence.
Can you identify them? Write your answers in the space provided below.
Statistic 1: China has a low population growth rate of 0,9 percent
Statistic 2: but 16 percent of its people do not have enaugh to eat
Statistic 3: 8,6 percent of its population lives below the national poverty level
Statistic 4: 29,4 percent survive on less than one US dollar per day
Statistic 5: the population growth rate of 1,8 percent is also low
Statistic 6: yet 69 percent of the population does not eat enough food
Statistic 7: the literacy rate in Haiti is 44,1 percent
Statistic 8: and an estimated 70 percent of the population is unemployed

EXERCISE 3
1. Choose one of the following subjects. Develop a paragraph in which you will use details as the
major technique of support. Your paragraph should include at least eight and at most thirteen
sentences.
Your room A friend of yours One of yours teachers
My room is my favorite place in my house. It is like the second heaven for me. I feel so
comfortable to spend much to spend much time there to relax. The zise of my room is about 4x4 m, it
is not too big but it is enaugh for me. If you open the door you will feel fresh and calm in my room.
You can see it from the wall colour. In the right side of my room there is a big frame of my friends
and me hung on the wall. Under it there is my bed, there are a blanket, a bolster, two pillows, and my
lovely pig doll.
2. Read the following paragraph closely.
Now, complete the following list on the basis of the information you gained from the paragraph.
Topic: modem kitchen equipments
Detail 1: a stove or range is perhaps the most important part of a modem kitchen.
Detail 2: the sink will be used for washing purposes.
Detail 3: there should also be a work surface.
Detail 4: moreover, various knife, pots and pans should also exist in a kitchen.
Detail 5: such utensils as spatulas, whisks, specialized spoons.
Detail 6: rolling pins and a more highly specialized array of grey for producing pastris
Detail 7: and other baked good are also vital.
Detail 8: in resent years such equipment as blenders, food processor, and microwave ovens have
become common.
Detail 9: although such tools do save considerable preparations and cooking time.
Detail 10: none of them has improved on the result to be achieved by more traditional techniques.

EXERCISE 4
Read the following paragraph closely.
Can you identify which examples he has used? Complete the following list:
Topic: Natular Hazards
Example 1: Earthquakes
Example 2: Volcanoes
Example 3: Tsunamis
Example 4: Natural fires
Example 5: Lightning
Example 6: Hail
Example 7: Snow
Example 8: Droughts
Example 9: Topical hurricanes
Example 10: Volcanic eruptions

EXERCISE 5
Read the following topic sentences and think about them. They can be developed by anecdotes. See if
you can find suitable anecdotes to develop them into unified paragraphs.
a. When people become united, they are hard to defeat.
b. A steady but slow movement towards your goals is much better than a fast but choppy
movement.
 c. People realize the importance of health only after they experience a severe illness.

EXERCISE 6
1. It was exactly 1 p.m. when I got home from a college activity, before I got on the road to my
home. Instantly I heard yelling and looked for the source. That’s where I found the bodies of two
man. The other one has lain on the ground and the other is still standing hand holding a knife. I was
so shocked at what I saw that I couldn’t do anything about it. The perpetrator had killed the victim
when I saw him. And I couldn’t get a good look at him because of his dark appearance, but he had a
moderate build and a slight build. As well as wearing a black suit complete eith a hat.

EXERCISE 8
Read the following three paragraph carefully and answer the following questions:
a. Is there only one technique of support in each paragraph?
No, in each paragraph not only used one technique. The secend paragraph use fucts technique
and the last paragraph use example tes.
b. Could the writers have used techniques of support other than the ones they already have?
could be use techniques to support other the paragraph.
c. Are the techniques of support used by the writers the most suitable techniques which could
ever be used?
Yes, there is for example paragraph 1 used statistic technique.