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CLEAR SENTENCES
& PARAGRAPHS
Lecture 3
BUS 251 ATU
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Explain the role of adaptation in writing clear sentences.
• Write short, clear sentences by limiting sentence content
and economizing on words.
• Design sentences that give the right emphasis to content.
• Employ unity and good logic in writing effective sentences.
• Compose paragraphs that are short and unified, use topic
sentences effectively, and communicate coherently.
• All the parts of the sentence work together to create one clear point.
1. Unrelated Ideas
2. Excessive Detail
• When two or more parts of a sentence are parallel in meaning, you should coordinate those
parts by making them parallel in form. Otherwise, your readers may be confused by the faulty
parallelism.
• Description
• Process
• Classification
• Illustration
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/paragraphs/paragraph-
development-examples/