Select three of the below topic sentences and develop each topic sentence into a context essay-style paragraph.There are many different ways that you can structure a context essay and the paragraphs within it. However, for this task, you should use use the following structure:
1. Write down the topic sentence. This will convey the central IDEA of the paragraph.
2. Spend at least one more sentence EXPANDING on and explaining this idea in more detail. What does the statement mean?
3. Provide two EXAMPLES that illustrate this idea. Remember to explain how these examples reflect the central idea of the paragraph.
A) One example should come from Fahrenheit 451
B) One example should come from another source: a novel, short story, film, current event, historical example or philosopher.
4. Conclude your paragraph by briefly comparing these two examples and LINKING back to the key idea of the paragraph.
Select three of the following topic sentences to turn into context paragraphs:
- Happiness may in fact be ignorance, and it may be better to be unhappy so that we deal with the real problems in life.
- We must not confuse entertainment with happiness.
- Technology can be a convenient solution for physical problems, but may not solve our emotional and psychological problems.
- Technology can be used to help us maintain law and order, but this can also be abused.
- Technology can provide entertainment to the masses, but it can also blind people to the beauty of real life.
- The mass media can provide absorbing entertainment, but this entertainment can prevent people from developing healthy relationships with others.
- The mass media can be used as a means of manipulating the opinion of the masses.
- The mass media can be an effective means of entertainment, but it can also cause its audience to lose the ability to formulate intelligent thought.
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