at least, seemed neither to improve nor to grow worse I become accustomed to his patient inactivity ld probably thought him as old rather than ill... He died in the early Spring suddenly stricken by paralysis; and I am still haunted by the look in his dear blue eyes, and now tried to convey the goodby essages he could not speak. Twice in my life I have been at the deathbed of someone I dearly loved who was vainly tried to say a last word to me: and I doubt if life holds a subtler anguish trategy analysis In the above example we can learn how to create a dramstic effect by putting the general atement(i.e. the topic sentence)at the end of the paragraph, after furnihing a wealth of descriptive details To create the dramastic effect, the auther keeps our interest by withholding the news of her fathers death. The announcement has greater piognancy - touches us more deeply - when it finally comes. And her final sentence(general statement) has more meaning for us because she has first engaged our sympathies Class activity Tell the arrangement of the order of the sentences in the above two paragraphs Exercises 1. Order-of-Sentence Judgement Read the following paragraphs carefully and then decide which one is of general-to-specific order and which one is of specific-to-general order An individual human existence should be like a river---small at first. and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede the waters flow quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being Imagine wakeing up and glancing at your clock, which reads 8: 55 a.m. This information neans nothing, until you apply your perception to it. If it is a weekday, you are due at work at 9 am,and being punctual is important, 8: 55 becomes a negative stressor. If it's Saturday, your perception of 8: 55 may result in a feeling of luxurious anticipation of a lazy day. The information in both cases was the same. Your perception of it determined your response 2.P A. Write a paragraph using general-to-specific order for the following topic sentence. In order to help you, some major reasons or facts that can be used to support the topic Topic sentence: It is hard to over-emphasize the importance of education Major supports: 1. Any society needs education 2. Any member of a society needs education 3. Education plays a vitally important role in developing economy B Using the same topic sentence and major facts, write a paragraph of specific-to-general orderat least , seemed neither to improve nor to grow worse ; I become accustomed to his patient inactivity , and probably thought him as old rather than ill … He died in the early Spring,suddenly stricken by paralysis ; and I am still haunted by the look in his dear blue eyes , and now tried to convey the goodby messages he could not speak . Twice in my life I have been at the deathbed of someone I dearly loved , who was vainly tried to say a last word to me ; and I doubt if life holds a subtler anguish . Strategy analysis: In the above example we can learn how to create a dramstic effect by putting the general statement (i.e. the topic sentence) at the end of the paragraph , after furnihing a wealth of descriptive details . To create the dramastic effect , the auther keeps our interest by withholding the news of her father’s death . The announcement has greater piognancy --- touches us more deeply --- when it finally comes . And her final sentence (general statement) has more meaning for us because she has first engaged our sympathies . Class activity: Tell the arrangement of the order of the sentences in the above two paragraphs . Exercises : 1. Order-of-Sentence Judgement Read the following paragraphs carefully and then decide which one is of general-to-specific order and which one is of specific-to-general order . 1 An individual human existence should be like a river---small at first , and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls . Gradually the river grows wider , the banks recede , the waters flow quietly , and in the end , without any visible break , they become merged in the sea , and painlessly lose their individual being . 2 Imagine wakeing up and glancing at your clock , which reads 8:55 a.m. This information means nothing , until you apply your perception to it . If it is a weekday , you are due at work at 9 a.m. , and being punctual is important , 8:55 becomes a negative stressor . If it’s Saturday , your perception of 8:55 may result in a feeling of luxurious anticipation of a lazy day .The information in both cases was the same . Your perception of it determined your response . 2. Paragraph Writing A. Write a paragraph using general-to-specific order for the following topic sentence . In order to help you , some major reasons or facts that can be used to support the topic sentence are also given below . Topic sentence : It is hard to over-emphasize the importance of education . Major supports : 1.Any society needs education . 2. Any member of a society needs education . 3. Education plays a vitally important role in developing economy . B.Using the same topic sentence and major facts , write a paragraph of specific-to-general order