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listen [|here] Writing Skill 12: CONNECT THE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS To make sure your essay is as clear as possible, you should show as clearly as you can how the ideas in the supporting paragraphs in your essay are related. This can be accomplished (1) ~ with a transition expression such as the first, the most important, or a final way, or (2) with a transition sentence that includes the idea of the previous paragraph and the idea of the cur­ rent paragraph. It is best to use a combination of these two types of transitions. The following example shows how transitions can be used to show the relationships between the supporting paragraphs in an essay. J] Essay Outline INTRODUCTION: advantages of working in groups and individually SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH 1: advantages of working in groups SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH 2: advantages of working individually CONCLUSION: better for me to work individually 1 Transitions (to introduce SPl): The first point I would like to make is 1 that there are strong advantages to working in groups. (to introduce SP2): Though there are strong advantages to working in groups, there are some even more compelling advantages for me to work by myself. rI The first supporting paragraph is introduced with the transition expression The first point to show that this is the first of the points that you are going to discuss in your essay. The second supporting paragraph is introduced with a transition sentence that shows how this paragraph is related to the previous paragraph; it includes a reference to the first supporting paragraph strong advantages to working in groups and a reference to the second supporting paragraph more compelling advantages for me to work by myself. The following chart outlines the key information that you should remember about connecting the supporting paragraphs in your essay. 284 WRITING   Writing Skill 12: **CONNECT THE SUPPORTING ****PARAGRAPHS **~  To make sure your essay is as clear as possible, you should show as clearly as you can how  the ideas in the supporting paragraphs in your essay are related. This can be accomplished (1) ~  with a transition expression such as // the first, the most important, // or // a final way, // or (2) with a   transition sentence that includes the idea of the previous paragraph and the idea of the cur­  rent paragrap h. It is best to use a combination of these two types of transitions. The following <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 20.7pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .3pt;"> example shows how transitions can be used to show the relationships between the supporting <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 20.7pt; margin-right: -8.5pt; margin-top: .3pt;"> paragraphs in an essay. <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 25pt; position: relative; top: 13.5pt;">J] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 25pt;"> <span style="line-height: 13.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 77.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .2pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> Essay Outline <span style="line-height: 25.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 138.5pt; margin-right: -9.35pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> INTRODUCTION: <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -1.5pt;">advantages //<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; position: relative; top: -1.5pt;">of //<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -1.5pt;">working in groups and <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 25pt; position: relative; top: 0.5pt;">]J <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 25pt;"> <span style="line-height: 9.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 235.35pt; margin-right: 255.2pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">individually <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="line-height: 28.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 76.1pt; margin-right: -9.1pt; margin-top: 2.6pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -6.5pt;">1: advantages //<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; position: relative; top: -6.5pt;">of //<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -6.5pt;">working in groups <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 25pt; position: relative; top: 1pt;">]J <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 25pt;"> SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">2 <span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">: //<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">advantages of //<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">working <span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">i <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">ndividually <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="line-height: 36.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 151.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .6pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> CONCLUSIO N : <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -11pt;">better for me to <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -11pt;">wo <span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -11pt;">r <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -11pt;">k individually 1 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 32pt;"> <span style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 77.3pt; margin-right: -2.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> Transitions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (to introduce SPl): <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">Th e first point I would like to <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">make <span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">i <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">s 1 <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; position: relative; top: -0.5pt;">that there are strong advantages to   || || <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 102.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 1.95pt;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">work <span style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">i <span style="color: #050505; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">ng in groups. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; 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