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4. Unity: Sticking to the Point of the Essay
a. Exercise 5-3 Spotting Problems with Unity

5. Coherence: Holding the Essay Together

a. Some Common Transitional Words and Expressions

b. Making Transitions between Body Paragraphs

a. Exercise 5-4 Using Transitional Expressions in
Topic Sentences

c. Making Transitions within Paragraphs

a. Exercise 5-5 Using Transitional Expressions

within Paragraphs

d. The Transitional Topic Sentence

a. Exercise 5-6 Writing Transitional Topic

Sentences

6. Support: Using Specific Detail
a. Why It’s Hard to Be Specific

b. Essay Development Technique 1: Supporting with

Specific Examples

a. An Example in a Word or Phrase

a. Exercise 5-7 Providing Examples

b. The Sentence-Length Example

a. Exercise 5-8 Weeding Out Vague Examples

b. Exercise 5-9 Providing Specific Support