paragraph. Effective paragraphs are not only unified, they are fully developed, which means that they do not
leave any significant questions in readers’ minds.
4. Main Idea
Main idea is the writer’s main topic for the each paragraph. Each paragraph has a main idea because main idea is the topic of what paragraph try to explain.
The writers uses main idea as a guideline to expand the paragraph. Main idea usually stated in a topic sentence, and every sentence in the paragraph must help
the development of the topic sentence. a.
Topic sentence A topic sentence what the paragraph is about, what it will describe or discuss.
It is often the first sentence in the paragraph. Since a topic sentence tells what the paragraph is about, it is a little like the title of a compositions. In fact, because of
the topic sentence, paragraph needs no title. In other ways, a topic sentence and a title are different.
b. Supporting Ideas
Supporting idea is a part for the writer to develop the topic in main idea. The writer develops the main idea in some sentence called supporting sentence. A
paragraph includes several other sentence which in some way contribute to or support the idea in the topic sentence. In other word, all these sentence must be
related to the topic.
5. Problems in Developing a Paragraph
When teacher correction students result in students writing, teacher will find some mistake and error, that is indicate students’ problem in developing
paragraph. So many problem in developing paragraph, the most difficulties in paragraph development are organized the paragraph, grammar, world choice,
mechanics, and usage.
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a. Organization in paragraph
The students begin her writing before have something to say, so the students lost the coherence and the unity of a paragraph.
b. Grammar
Most students problem in grammar mistakes, students did not understand how to use the appropriate in sentence or use the wrong pronoun or modals.
c. Word choice
Students do not know or not familiar with the word or do not look up in dictionary.
d. Mechanics spelling
Students cannot write perfectly, also cannot indicate where word can be divided between syllables or whether compounds are usually.
e. Usage
Students cannot distinguish word which have general use from those which have by indicating the certain word or certain usage of words have limited
currency.
E. Form of Recount Text
1. Recount Text
According to Knapp, Recount Text is written out to make a report about an experience of a series of related event. A recount is written out to inform an event
or to entertain people. Recount Text is text function as for telling an incident in the past.
Recount is to tell “what happened”. A recount text has a social function. The purpose of a social function is to retell an event with a purpose to inform or
entertain the readers. Recount tells a series of events and evaluate their significance in some way. It is also to give audience a descriptions of what
