Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Chapter 1 IParagraphStructure 7

Group 3

____a. Itishardtoknowwhichfoodsaresafetoeatnowadays.

____b. Insomelargeoceanfish,therearehighlevelsof

mercury.

____c. Undercookedchickenandhamburgermaycarry

E. colibacteria.

____d. Nottomentionmadcowdisease.

____e. Foodsafetyisanimportantissue.

Group 4

____a. Hybridautomobilesmoreeconomicaltooperatethan

gasoline-poweredcars.

____b. Thenewhybridautomobilesareverypopular.

____c. Hybridcarshavegoodfueleconomybecausea

computerunderthehooddecidestoruntheelectric

motor,thesmallgasolineengine,orthetwotogether.

____d. Thenewhybridautomobilesarepopularbecauseof

theirfueleconomy.

Group 5

____a. TheNorthAmerican CatawbaIndiansoftheSoutheast

andtheTlingitoftheNorthwestbothseetherainbow

asa kindofbridgebetweenheavenandearth.

____b. A rainbowseenfromanairplaneis a completecircle.

____c. Manyculturesinterpretrainbowsinpositiveways.

____d.Rainbowsarebeautiful.

_______e.Thebeliefthatyoucanfinda potofgoldata

rainbow'send.

B. Rememberthatthetopicsentenceis themostgenyralstatementina
paragraph.Readthefollowingscrambledparagraphsanddecidewhich
sentenceis thetopicsentence.WriteTSonthelinenexttothatsentence.

Paragraph 1

__a. Anotes/memofunctionletsyoumakequicknotestoyourself.

__b. Othercapabilitiesincludewordprocessing,spreadsheets,ande-mail.

__c. Avoicerecorderthatusesa built-inmicrophoneandspeakerworks

likea taperecorder.

__d. Basictoolsincludea calendartokeeptrackofyourappointments,an

addressandphonenumberbook,to-dolists,anda calculator.

__e. MP3playbackletsyoulistentodigitalmusicfiles,anda picture

viewerletsyoulookatdigitalphotos.

__f. Mostpersonaldigitalassistants(PDAs)havetoolsforbasictasksas

wellasformultimediafunctions.

__g.Afewmodelsalsoincludea built-indigitalcameraandkeyboard.