The effect of music on people with autism

Unit 10, Scaffold step 4

One paragraph completed Unless it is the introduction or conclusion, a typical paragraph has three parts:

• topic sentence, or claim • body sentences, or proof • conclusion, or summatione

Here’s a clear explanation of paragraph structure from Hamilton College For this scaffold step, submit one complete paragraph, but it should not be the introductory one. Choose an interior paragraph instead. Save writing the introduction for last, when you have a better grasp on your own ideas. If you are a musician, imagine writing a piece of music from the beginning to the end, just as listeners hear it. This never happens. You usually find a hook line, or a chorus, then a verse or two and work on the chorus again, then to the bridge, or the ending. Last, the intro. Follow this formula. It works for your essays, too. Here’s an example of paragraphic flow by the greatest teacher of clear, coherent writing I know, Gary Provost. Interestingly, when he begins to teach us how to write good flow, he chose music as the topic of the paragraph. The colors refer to the relative length of the sentences, and also their sense of flow and dynamic. Compare the engagement of the red section with what follows.

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Unit 10, Scaffold step 4

Gary Provost was an extraordinarily gifted teacher of writing coherence in the professional writer’s world. You can pick up a copy of his book 100 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING: Proven Professional Techniques for Writing With Style and Power for pennies at used book stores online or at used book stores near Fordham, NYU or Columbia.