Writing Academic English 4th Edition

unity

Chapter 2 I Unlq"andCoherence 19

outsidetheUnitedStatesasanalternative,butifyouwriteseveralsentencesabout

buyingdrugsoutsidetheUnitedStates,youaregettingoffthetopic,andyourpara-

graphwillnothaveunity.

A. Thethreeparagraphsthatfollowalldiscussthesametopic.Onlyoneofthem

showsunity.Firstreadtheparagraphs.Thenanswerthesequestions.

1.Whichparagraphhasunity?

2. Whichparagraphdoesnothaveunitybecauseit discussestwodifferent
   topics?
   3.Whichparagraphdoesnothaveunitybecauseit hassentencesthatarenot
   relatedtothemaintopic?

Paragraph 1

EffectsofColor

Colorscreatebiologicalreactionsinourbodies.Thesereactions,inturn,

canchangeourbehavior.Inonestudy,prisonerswereputina pinkroom,and

theyunderwenta drasticandmeasurabledecreaseinmusclestrengthand

hostilitywithin2.7seconds.Inanotherstudy,athletesneedingshortbW:stsof

energywereexposedtoredlight.Theirmusclestrengthincreasedby13.5percent,

andelectricalactivityintheirarmmusclesincreasedby5.8percent.Athletes

needingmoreenduranceforlongerperformancesrespondedbestwhenexposed

tobluelight.Otherstudieshaveshownthatthecolorgreenis calming.Greenwas

a sacredcolortotheEgyptians,representingthehopeandjoyofspring.It is also

a sacredcolortoMoslems.Manymosquesandreligioustemplesthroughoutthe

worldusegreen(thecolorofrenewalandgrowth)andblue(thecolorofheaven)

tobalanceheavenlypeacewithspiritualgrowth.Tosumup,colorinfluencesus

inmanyways(Daniels10).'

Paragraph 2

EffectsofColor

Colorscreatebiologicalreactionsinourbodies.Thesereactions,inturn,

canchangeourbehavior.Inonestudy,prisonerswereputina pinkroom,and

theyunderwenta drasticandmeasurabledecreaseinmusclestrengthand

hostilitywithin2.7seconds.Inanotherstudy,athletesneedingshortburstsof

energywereexposedtoredlight.Theirmusclestrengthincreasedby13.5percent,

andelectricalactivityintheirarmmusclesincreasedby5.8percent.Athletes

needingmoreenduranceforlongerperformancesrespondedbestwhenexposed

tobluelight.Otherstudieshaveshownthatthecolorgreenis calming.After

London'sBlackfriarsBridgewaspaintedgreen,thenumberofsuicidesdecreased

by 34 percent.Theseandotherstudiesclearlydemonstratethatcoloraffectsnot

onlyourmoodsbutourbehavioraswell(Daniels10).

IDaniels,Amanda."CuringwithColor."FromHousetoHomeFeb./Mar.2004:8-10.Publishedbythe

MarinIndependentJournal,Novato,California.