新视野大学英语读写教程（第二版）第一册Unit 9 Section ACollege Success Made Easy.ppt

Paragraphs of a Topic  Supported by Details Practical Writing Variety of Sentence Structure According to the structure, sentences can be divided into four types: Writing—Variety of Sentence Structure I. Variety of Sentence Structure simple sentence (简单句), compound sentence (并列句), complex sentence (复合句), compound-complex sentence (并列复合句). Writing—Variety of Sentence Structure Variety of sentence structure is powerful. Short simple sentences are often used to make emphatic or important statements, such as the first or last sentence of a paragraph. Long complex sentences express complex ideas clearly and accurately. They have room for different modifiers. Writing—Variety of Sentence Structure A simple sentence has only one subject and one predicate verb. Short simple sentences usually give emphasis; they provide special clarity and variety, when used with longer sentences. e.g. A professor might have a hundred or more students in a class, or as few as three. Simple Sentence (简单句) A compound sentence is composed of two or more simple sentences related to each other in meaning, and linked by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, etc.) or by a semicolon without a conjunction. Coordinated ideas are equal in importance, or come one by one in orderly sequence. Writing—Variety of Sentence Structure Compound Sentence (并列句) Compound Sentence (并列句) Writing—Variety of Sentence Structure e.g. Throughout our lives at school, we take thousands of tests, but we don’t often stop to consider good test taking. A complex sentence consists of one main clause and one or more dependent clauses, using a connective word to show the relation between the two parts. The dependent clause may play the part of a subject, an object, a predicative, an attribute, or an adverbial in the main clause. Writing—Variety of Sentence Structure Complex Sentence (复合句) Complex Sentence (复合句) Writing—Variety of Sentence Structure e.g. And if you are behind in written