ingleton Jill S‘CAMBRIDOE UNIVERSITY PRESS ‘Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sto Paulo ‘Cambridge University Press 440 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA. www.cambridge org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780S21545228 “© Cambridge University Press 2005 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and tothe provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the writen permission of Cambridge University Press. Fist published 2005 2nd printing 2005 Printed in the United States of America A catalog record for tis publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Singleton, Jill. ‘Writers at work, The paragraph / Ji . om. ISBN 0-521-54522-6 (pbk.) 1. English language-Textbooks for foreign speakers. 2. English language--Paragraphs Problems, exereses, ete. I Title: Paragraph. I Title. PE1128.8564 2005 808'.0438--de22 Singleton 2005042185 \sAN-13 978-0-521-54522-8 paperback IsiN-10 0-521-5452246 paperback ‘Cambrige University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for extemal or ‘third-party Internet Web sites referred to in this book, ‘and does not gearantee that any content on such Web sites is, oF will remain, aceurate or approprit®. Art direction and book design: Adventure House, NYC ‘Layout services: Page Designs International Mluseraion eredis: Rick Powell, Photo credits: page 2: © Alamy; page 6: © Paul Barton/Corbis, © Alamy, © GDTIGetty, ‘© Paul Barton Corbis; page 20: © Joe PolilliovGetty, © Martin Barraud/ Getty, © Annie ‘Marie Musselman’ Getty, © Punchstock; page 38: © Brian Bailey/Getty, © Punchstock, ‘© Richard T. NowitzCorbis, © Justin Pumey/Getty; page 52: © Corbis, © Tom & Dee ‘Ann MoCarthy/Conbis, © George LoganiGetty, page 64: © Punchstock, © Mark L. ‘Stephenson Corbis, & Ariel Skelley/Corbis; page 78: © Gabe Palmer'Corbis, © Robert Llewellyn/Alamy; page 88: © Michael Melford Getty, © Punchstock, © Doug ‘Armand Getty; page 98: © Brown W, Caanon Il/Getiy, © Punchstock, © Jose Luis Pelaez Ine Corbis: page 112: © Jeff Greenberg’Alamy, © Sean Cayton/The Image ‘Works, © James Cheadle/AlamyTo my son Rob, with love