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PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH TOPIC SENTENCE:   It refers to what you are writing about. You can start with an interesting topic and give your opinion on it. Don't give too many details in this part. BODY: It must include the supporting details or arguments for your topic sentence. There are two ways that you can use to order the details. One of them is by order of importance in which you are going to include the strongest argument. The other one is by chronology in which you are goin to consider the order od events. CLOSING SENTENCE: This sentence has two functions: reminding the audience what you are writing about or restating your topic sentence and keeping the audience thinking. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Learn English with Alex [engvid], (2009).  Parts of a Paragraph - English Academic Writing Introduction,  from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuExRE6N-4 Here you have some paragraphs as examples from the site of University of Ottawa with its corresponding topic sentence i

When are words just words, and when do words force action?  In order to explain Speech Act,J.L Austin distinguished two separate parts of speech, constatives and performatives. On one hand, constatives refer to speech that describes something as true or false. They also try to convey a message. On the other hand, performatives denote an action. Moreover, performatives depend on the context and reception to be understood, what is called FELICITY CONDITIONS. In this way, a performative speech should respect several conditions. It should be authoritative, understood, clear and able to be executed. In simple words, constative IS and performative DOES. Therefore, when we think about Speech act, we should take into account that sometimes words are not only words but words themselves could be actions. TIME TO THINK 1. Which is not one of the parts of speech defined by Austin? A. Constatives B. Formatives C. Performatives D. None of the above 2. If the headline reads,

9There are several ways to cite a source (MLA, Turabian, Chicago). Here you have APA Citation Style  Author(s). (Date). Title of Book/ "Title of Article"/ Title of Periodical/ Volume. Pages. Place of Publication. Publisher. Journal or Magazine Article  Wilcox, R. V. (1991). "Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation". Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65. Journal or Magazine Article Dubeck, L. (1990). "Science fiction aids science teaching." Physics Teacher, 28, 316-318. Newspaper Article Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). "Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times, p. A3. Article from an Internet Database Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). "Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds." American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database. Book Okuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star Tre

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