Lecture 5 Written Discourse

we did not focus too much on different types of paragraph development, basically,

english is the most straight forward one, it contains

Introduction(thesis statement)

Topic Sentences(supporting sentences)

Conclusion

(Because of this structure, i struggled with how to write research report, essay in exam and story. i don't see the structure!!)

i was impressed that one of Dr. Deng's Chinese student said that the reader will not want to read the whole essay if he/she writes what him/her wants to say in the beginning.

we also talked about the sentence sequence, in Chinese, the cause clause precedes the effect clause, but in english, the main clause precedes the subordinated clause. as a native Chinese speaker, i type what i what to express first and then reverse the sentences.

e.g.

i was impressed that one of Dr. Deng's Chinese student said that the reader will not want to read the whole essay if he/she writes what him/her wants to say in the beginning.

the original sentence i write is like

i was impressed that one of Dr. Deng's Chinese student said that if he/she writes what him/her wants to say in the beginning the reader will not want to read the whole essay.

do u understand what i'm trying to say? if not......as a chinese, i must say,

it's the reader's responsibility to understand the writter!!!!!!