Unit 1 The Topic Sentence 1
Unit 2 The Development of the Controlling Idea 21
Unit 3 The Opening Paragraph the Concluding Paragraph 34
Unit 4 Flow of Thought 45
Unit 5 Imitation 66
Unit 6 Putting Yourself in the Author's Shoes 77
Unit 7 Unity of a Paragraph 88
Unit 8 Coherence of a Paragraph 101
Unit 9 Consistency 118
Unit 10 Variety in Language 128
Unit 11 Starting a Paragraph with a Question 145
Unit 12 Paragraph Development by Facts 156
Unit 13 Paragraph Development by Example 168
Unit 14 Paragraph Development by Reason 177
Unit 15 Paragraph Development by Comparison—Simile,Metaphor Analogy 188
Unit 16 Paragraph Development by Comparison—Contrast 200
Unit 17 Paragraph Development by Division Classification 207