Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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Youcanbea goodconversationalistbybeinga goodlistener.Whenyouare

conversingwithsomeone,paycloseattentiontothespeaker'swordswhilelooking

athisorherface.Showyourinterestbysmilingandnodding.Furthermore,donot

interruptwhilesomeoneisspeaking;itisimpolitetodoso.If youhavea goodstory,

waituntilthespeakerisfinished.Also,watchyourbodylanguage;it canaffectyour

communicationwhetheryouarethespeakerorthelistener.Forinstance,donot

sitslumpedina chairormakenervoushandandfootmovements.Berelaxedand

bendyourbodyslightlyforwardtoshowinterestinthepersonandtheconversation.

Step 1 Underlinethetopicsentenceineachparagraph.

Step 2 Adda goodconcludingsentencetoeachparagraph.Youmayeither

paraphrasethetopicsentenceorsummarizethemainpoints.

Step 3 Practiceusingend-of-paragraphsignalsbystartingeachconcluding

sentencewithone.

WritingTechniqueQuestions

1.Inwhichparagraphdoestheconcludingsentencesummarizethemainpoints

oftheparagraph,whicharenotspecificallystatedinthetopicsentence?

2.Inwhichparagraphdoestheconcludingsentenceparaphrase(repeatin

differentwords)thetopicsentence?

3.Circletheconclusionsignalsineachparagraph.

Note:Neverintroducea newideaintheconcludingsentence.

Inconclusion,wenowhavemorevarietyofgreetingcardstochoosefrom,

buttheyarealsobecomingveryexpensive.(Thisisanewidea~)

Inconclusion,therearemanyotherlegendslikethisoneinHawaii.(Thisisa

newidea.)

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A HawaiianLegend

Nativepeoplecreatelegendstoexplainunusu henomenaintheir

environment.A endfromtheHawaiianisland uaiexplainshowthe

naupakaflower, lowertha s onbeaches ; gotitsunusualshape.The

flowerlookslike alfasmall. '-therearepetas ononesideonly.Thelegend

saysthatthemarriageoftwoyoungloversontheislandwasopposedbyboth

setsofparents.Theparentsfoundthecoupletogetherona beachoneday,and

topreventthemfrombeingtogether,oneofthefamiliesmovedtothemountains,

separatingtheyoungcoupleforever.Asa result,thenaupakaflowerseparated

intotwohalves;onehalfmovedtothemountains,andtheotherhalfstayednear

thebeach.Thisstoryis a goodexampleofa legendinventedbynativepeople

tointerprettheworldaroundthem.

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