I.What are topic sentences in a passage?A topic sentence is the main idea of a paragraph.It tells readers what the paragraph will talk about.Usually,the topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph,but sometime...I.What are topic sentences in a passage?A topic sentence is the main idea of a paragraph.It tells readers what the paragraph will talk about.Usually,the topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph,but sometimes it can come in the middle or at the end.A good topic sentence helps readers understand the writer's purpose quickly.展开更多
Topic effect on L2 writing has long been an issue of controversy. This study was carried out to investigate the influence of topic type on the quality of topic sentence. The participants, 150 college students at three...Topic effect on L2 writing has long been an issue of controversy. This study was carried out to investigate the influence of topic type on the quality of topic sentence. The participants, 150 college students at three different proficiency levels, were asked to write both on a private topic and a public topic. The results show that the participants on the whole wrote better on the public topic, and their proficiencies can be differentiated by the quality of their topic sentences. The public topic was conducive to the production of complete English discourse structures, as well as the generation of informative and predictive topic sentences. Moreover, the results also reveal the dynamic nature of contrastive rhetoric展开更多
文摘I.What are topic sentences in a passage?A topic sentence is the main idea of a paragraph.It tells readers what the paragraph will talk about.Usually,the topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph,but sometimes it can come in the middle or at the end.A good topic sentence helps readers understand the writer's purpose quickly.
文摘Topic effect on L2 writing has long been an issue of controversy. This study was carried out to investigate the influence of topic type on the quality of topic sentence. The participants, 150 college students at three different proficiency levels, were asked to write both on a private topic and a public topic. The results show that the participants on the whole wrote better on the public topic, and their proficiencies can be differentiated by the quality of their topic sentences. The public topic was conducive to the production of complete English discourse structures, as well as the generation of informative and predictive topic sentences. Moreover, the results also reveal the dynamic nature of contrastive rhetoric
