Summary for Chapter 4

There are tips that I often forget, especially the one where I have to unify the paragraphs around a main point. Having a good topic sentence can point out the thesis and also point out what's going to be said further along in the essay. When you write you should have the sentences that follow behind support your topic sentence.I never really thought about topic sentences. I have written them though but I didn't actually link them with the rest of the paragraph. I also found interesting that some writers like me wander off in another direction for ideas just because we don't have enough evidence to support our topic.

The chapter also talks about patterns of organization. There is: examples and illustrations, narration, description, process, comparison and contrast, analogy, cause and effect, classification and division, and definition. But most of the time examples are used. There is also different types of paragraphs like, narrative ones tell a story or part of a story. Descriptive sketches a person, pace or thing, etc. It states that word repetition is okay only if the words are key and important but vary the words.

The first thing I'm going to try is writing my supporting sentences and then from that writing my topic sentence so that i work forwards in  my writing rather than backwards. I also have ideas of how to organize my paragraphs. I'm going reread some of these tips when I write so I understand what I need to improve on. I want my sentences and paragraphs to link and flow together. I am going to repeat certain words and concept but word them differently so that I do make my point.