Writing Academic English 4th Edition

II.,^32 Pal"t^1 IWritingaParagraph _
,'.

Here aresomepossiblesubtopicsforyourparagraph.Youmay, of

course,useyourownifyouwish.

suchas

finally

forinstance

inconclusion

Examples

SpeakersofBritishEnglishdonotalwayspronouncer.

schedule:InBritishEnglishit is pronounced

[shed-u-al];inAmericanEnglishit is

pronounced[sked-u-al]

colour/color;realise/realize;defence/defense

petrol/gas;biscuit/cookie;pocketmoney/allowance;

bonnet/hood

Spelling

Vocabulary

Subtopics

Pronunciation

advantageis thataBOcanrecord,store,andplaybackhigh-definitionvideo

becauseofitslargercapacity.A double-layerBOcanstoreabout 50 gigabytes,

enoughfor4.5hoursofhigh-definitionvideo.Thecostwillbeaboutthesame.

(5) (additionalidea),aBOhasa higherdate transferrate-

36 megabitspersecond-thantoday'sOVOs,whichtransferat 10 megabitsper

second.(6) (result)aBOcanrecord 25 gigabytesofdatain

justoveranhouranda half.(7) (conclusion)becauseof

theirlargestoragecapacityandcomparablecost,BOswillprobablytakeoverthe

marketwhentheybecomewidelyavailable.

Sentence1. TherearefournoticeabledifferencesbetweenBritishandAmerican

English.

themostnoticeabledifference

forexample

anotherdifference

forexample

a thirddifference

Chooseone ofthe twotopic sentencesthatfollowandwritea paragraphthat

developsit.Usetransitionsignalstoconnectthesupportingsentencessmoothly.You

mayusethetransitionsignalssuggestedfor eachtopic,oryoumayuseothersnot

listed.Addothersentenceswithouttransitionsifyouneedtoinordertoexplainthe

topiccompletely.

PRACTICE 8

'-'UsingTransition

Signals

Sentence2. SometimesI enjoybeingalone.

forinstance ontheotherhand

moreover therefore

Don'tOveruseTransitionSignals

Readyourparagraphaloudandpayattentiontoyourownlanguage.Areyouusing

toomanytransitionsignals?Toomanycanbedistractingratherthanhelpful.There

isnoruleabouthowmanytouseinoneparagraph.Usethemonlywhentheywill

helpyourreaderfollowyourideas.