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Chapter 3 The Writing Process: Writing and Rewriting a Paragraph
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Practice 3.1
1. The central point is that the oyster toadfish is strange. The first sentence best expresses this idea.
2. The sentence is called the topic sentence.
3. The fish looks like a creature from a monster movie. It does not fear people and is aggressive. It is
loud.
4. Flaps of slimy skin hang from its face.
5. It darts toward divers.
6. Males and females make loud, grunting sounds. During mating, the male sounds like a foghorn.
Mating fish keep people awake.
7. The last sentence ends the paragraph in a satisfying way.
Practice 3.2
1. Traveling by train offers many advantages over air travel.
2. Billboards should be banned along scenic highways.
3. Of all my friends, Dana has the most ambition.
4. Nurses are not appreciated as much as they should be.
5. Postings on social network sites like Facebook can affect employment opportunities.
6. Rock videos can encourage sexual experimentation in young people.
7. Freedom of speech does not mean what many people think it means.
8. Mozart was one of the world’s most versatile composers.
9. Several theories explain why people forget.
10. Many so-called “green” products are not helpful to the environment.
Practice 3.3
1. broad
2. dead-end
3. acceptable
4. acceptable
5. dead-end
6. acceptable
7. broad
8. acceptable
9. dead-end
10. acceptable
Practice 3.4
Responses will vary.
Practice 3.5
Responses will vary.
Practice 3.6
Responses will vary. The following is one possibility, with the added details in italics.
If you drive with Luke, you take your life in your hands. For one thing, he drives too fast. Even
on city streets, he rarely goes below 50 m.p.h .He also does not watch the road the way he should. He is
always fiddling with the radio or checking his cell phone for messages. Worst of all, he is very aggressive
when he gets behind the wheel, so he is always trying to get the best of other drivers. He tailgates, cuts
people off, and races drivers to traffic lights. He is so bad that most of his friends now refuse to get in the
car with him unless someone else drives.
Practice 3.7
Responses will vary. The following are some possibilities.
1. First
2. Next
3. Soon after
4. Therefore
5. however
6. For example
7. Now
8. Thus
Practice 3.8
Responses will vary. The following are two possibilities.
Closing that refers to topic sentence: Thus, lying on a résumé may seem like a good idea at first,
but sooner or later the liar will be caught.
Closing that answers the question
“So what?”: However, no matter when the lie is caught, the liar
may never be able to repair his or her reputation.
Practice 3.9
Responses will vary.
Practice 3.10
Responses will vary.
Practice 3.11
Responses will vary.
