ChoosingaMethodofDevelopment

　　UsingFacts

　　用事实说话

　　Factsmaybeincludedinanyparagraph,butaparagraphdevelopedmainlybyfactsanswersthequestionswho?what?when?where?andhow?

　　把事实放进段落里,主要用事实来展开的段落可以回答关于人物,事件,事件,地点和方式的问题.

　　Consider,forexample,thefollowingsentenceaboutGeorgeWashington:GeorgeWashington(who?)wasnamedheadoftheContinentalArmy(what?)in1775(when?)inPhiladelphia(where?)byanactoftheSecondContinentalCongress(how?).

　　UsingExamples

　　举例子

　　Whenyougeneralizeaboutagrouporanidea,developyourparagraphwithexamples.当你概括一个群体或者一种想法时,应该用例子来发展段落.

　　Paragraphsdevelopedmainlywithexamplesanswerwhospecifically?whatspecifically?wherespecifically?whenspecifically?orhowspecifically?Atopicsentenceaboutfathers(generalization)couldbeillustratedwithsentencedaboutJane'sfather(specific),Arnold'sfather(specific),andTim'sfather(specific).Ifyouwerewritingaboutequality(generalization),youmightgiveexamplesofpoliticalequality(morespecific)orsocialequality(morespecific).

　　UsingReasons

　　用理由来论证

　　Paragraphsdevelopedwithreasonsanswerthequestionwhy?

　　用理由来展开的段落能回答关于“为什么”的问题

　　SupposeyourtopicsentencewasTeenagerstooyoungdriveautomobilesshouldhaveamoped.Why?Mopedsareeconomical,giveteenagerspracticeinobservinglaws,andrelieveparentstheneedtodrivetheirteenagerstosomanyplaces.Thesentenceofillustrationgivesreasonsfortheassertionmadeinthetopsentence.

　　UsingIncidents

　　描述相关事件

　　Whenyouwanttotellwhathappened,relateanincident.

　　当你要告诉人们发生过的事情时,可以用相关的事件来展开段落

　　Supposeyourhistoryteacherasksonatest,whathappenedatGettysburgin1863?Yourparagraphmightbegin:InGettysburgPennsylvania,onJuly1to3,1863,oneofthemostdecisivebattlesoftheWarBetweentheStateswasfought.Thenyoucouldillustrateyourparagraphwithsentencesthattellinchronologicalorderwhathappenedeachdayofthebattle

　　我翻译了每一段的主题句,后面的举例我就没有翻了.Isupposeifyouarelearningmethodofdevelopmentalready,youshouldbeabletounderstandtherestoftheparagraph

　　如果不明白就直接问我把.