The Use in Writing of Textbook Methods of Paragraph Development

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This study probed these questions: Which paragraph development methods suggested in textbooks are used in contemporary expository writing. Other than those suggested in textbooks, what methods of paragraph development are used in contemporary expository writing? What is the rate of occurrence of each of the employed methods of paragraph development? Composition textbooks published in the 1960’8 were examined to ascertain which known methods were to be sought. Samples of one hundred paragraphs each were taken from three sources. Each paragraph was analyzed to determine its dominant method of development. It was found that paragraphs were most frequently developed by examples, reasons, additional comment, or a variety of these methods.

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