Introductory Paragraph: Drag and Drop Exercise 5

Sentence One

"the term" refers to something already mentioned in the text so this sentence is not sentence 1.

"It" and "such a list" at the beginning of this sentence refers to something already mentioned in the text. So this cannot be the first sentence.

Correct. It's a topic sentence and we know the topic also from the title. the key content words are: five, graphic, novel.

Sentence Two

This is a topic sentence. It has no backward pointing references (apart from the title) so this is unlikely to be a second sentence.

This could appear as the second sentence, "the term" refering back to the grapic novel. But it doesn't really answer the question as to why compiling a top five list is challenging. The sentence beginning "It's not just the way ..." does this much better.

Correct. The word "it" at the beginning of this sentence refers back to the word challenging at the end of the first sentence. There are three things which make writing a list of top five graphic novels difficult. 1. the way the list is compiled; 2. deciding what to exclude; 3. difficult questions about defining a graphic novel. The words "agonising" and "tricky" are also cohesive because they link back to the word "challenging".

Sentence Three

D1

false

D2

D1 Occupied

false

D2 Occupied

D3

false

If this were a longer paragraph outlining the difficulties of compiling a top five list of graphic novels, then this could be a final summary sentence for the paragraph. But in this case it it not the correct answer.

Correct. "the term" means graphic novel. And the question in this sentence is what is a graphic novel? The writer gives a list of accepted genres of writing which can be included in the term graphic novel (fiction, memoirs, diaries ....) but suggests that there may be others which not everybody might agree can be included (little consensus). So this sentence is strongly linked to the previous one (tricky questions of definition).

This sentence answers the question about why compiling a top five list of graphic novels is challenging. So it needs to directly follow that sentence.

D3 Occupied

D1 Position

D0

Comment

The title of this text is Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre

This text, as you would expect from the title, is a list. Specifically, a list of five graphic novels, which the writer claims “define the genre”. The opening paragraph explains the difficulty of compiling such as list and mentions not only the hard choice about what to include or exclude but also the problem of defining what defines a graphic novel concluding that apart from some accepted genres, “there is little consensus”. As you would expect after this opening, the writer gives some examples of works which might or might not be accepted falling into the category of graphic novel.

You can read this and his selection of five novels by noting the citation below and finding the reference on the credits page where there is a link to the original article.

That the term refers not just to fiction but to life-writing, as in all manner of memoirs, diaries and so on, is accepted – but beyond that there is little consensus.

D2 Position

D0

D3 Position

D0

For someone who teaches about the graphic novel, compiling an all-time top five list is challenging.

It’s not just the way that such a list is compiled, making agonising decisions over which favourites to exclude, but also because it raises tricky questions of definition.

This paragraph was taken from an article entitled Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre in The Conversation (Brauner n.d.) and you can find the reference and link on the credits page.

Sentence One

"the term" refers to something already mentioned in the text so this sentence is not sentence 1.

"It" and "such a list" at the beginning of this sentence refers to something already mentioned in the text. So this cannot be the first sentence.

Correct. It's a topic sentence and we know the topic also from the title. the key content words are: five, graphic, novel.

Sentence Two

This is a topic sentence. It has no backward pointing references (apart from the title) so this is unlikely to be a second sentence.

This could appear as the second sentence, "the term" refering back to the grapic novel. But it doesn't really answer the question as to why compiling a top five list is challenging. The sentence beginning "It's not just the way ..." does this much better.

Correct. The word "it" at the beginning of this sentence refers back to the word challenging at the end of the first sentence. There are three things which make writing a list of top five graphic novels difficult. 1. the way the list is compiled; 2. deciding what to exclude; 3. difficult questions about defining a graphic novel. The words "agonising" and "tricky" are also cohesive because they link back to the word "challenging".

Sentence Three

D1

false

D2

D1 Occupied

false

D2 Occupied

D3

false

If this were a longer paragraph outlining the difficulties of compiling a top five list of graphic novels, then this could be a final summary sentence for the paragraph. But in this case it it not the correct answer.

This sentence answers the question about why compiling a top five list of graphic novels is challenging. So it needs to directly follow that sentence.

Correct. "the term" means graphic novel. And the question in this sentence is what is a graphic novel? The writer gives a list of accepted genres of writing which can be included in the term graphic novel (fiction, memoirs, diaries ....) but suggests that there may be others which not everybody might agree can be included (little consensus). So this sentence is strongly linked to the previous one (tricky questions of definition).

D3 Occupied

D1 Position

D0

Comment

The title of this text is Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre

This text, as you would expect from the title, is a list. Specifically, a list of five graphic novels, which the writer claims “define the genre”. The opening paragraph explains the difficulty of compiling such as list and mentions not only the hard choice about what to include or exclude but also the problem of defining what defines a graphic novel concluding that apart from some accepted genres, “there is little consensus”. As you would expect after this opening, the writer gives some examples of works which might or might not be accepted falling into the category of graphic novel.

You can read this and his selection of five novels by noting the citation below and finding the reference on the credits page where there is a link to the original article.

That the term refers not just to fiction but to life-writing, as in all manner of memoirs, diaries and so on, is accepted – but beyond that there is little consensus.

D2 Position

D0

D3 Position

D0

For someone who teaches about the graphic novel, compiling an all-time top five list is challenging.

It’s not just the way that such a list is compiled, making agonising decisions over which favourites to exclude, but also because it raises tricky questions of definition.

This paragraph was taken from an article entitled Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre in The Conversation (Brauner n.d.) and you can find the reference and link on the credits page.

Sentence One

"the term" refers to something already mentioned in the text so this sentence is not sentence 1.

"It" and "such a list" at the beginning of this sentence refers to something already mentioned in the text. So this cannot be the first sentence.

Correct. It's a topic sentence and we know the topic also from the title. the key content words are: five, graphic, novel.

Sentence Two

This is a topic sentence. It has no backward pointing references (apart from the title) so this is unlikely to be a second sentence.

This could appear as the second sentence, "the term" refering back to the grapic novel. But it doesn't really answer the question as to why compiling a top five list is challenging. The sentence beginning "It's not just the way ..." does this much better.

Correct. The word "it" at the beginning of this sentence refers back to the word challenging at the end of the first sentence. There are three things which make writing a list of top five graphic novels difficult. 1. the way the list is compiled; 2. deciding what to exclude; 3. difficult questions about defining a graphic novel. The words "agonising" and "tricky" are also cohesive because they link back to the word "challenging".

Sentence Three

D1

false

D2

D1 Occupied

false

D2 Occupied

D3

false

If this were a longer paragraph outlining the difficulties of compiling a top five list of graphic novels, then this could be a final summary sentence for the paragraph. But in this case it it not the correct answer.

This sentence answers the question about why compiling a top five list of graphic novels is challenging. So it needs to directly follow that sentence.

Correct. "the term" means graphic novel. And the question in this sentence is what is a graphic novel? The writer gives a list of accepted genres of writing which can be included in the term graphic novel (fiction, memoirs, diaries ....) but suggests that there may be others which not everybody might agree can be included (little consensus). So this sentence is strongly linked to the previous one (tricky questions of definition).

D3 Occupied

D1 Position

D0

Comment

The title of this text is Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre

This text, as you would expect from the title, is a list. Specifically, a list of five graphic novels, which the writer claims “define the genre”. The opening paragraph explains the difficulty of compiling such as list and mentions not only the hard choice about what to include or exclude but also the problem of defining what defines a graphic novel concluding that apart from some accepted genres, “there is little consensus”. As you would expect after this opening, the writer gives some examples of works which might or might not be accepted falling into the category of graphic novel.

You can read this and his selection of five novels by noting the citation below and finding the reference on the credits page where there is a link to the original article.

That the term refers not just to fiction but to life-writing, as in all manner of memoirs, diaries and so on, is accepted – but beyond that there is little consensus.

D2 Position

D0

D3 Position

D0

For someone who teaches about the graphic novel, compiling an all-time top five list is challenging.

It’s not just the way that such a list is compiled, making agonising decisions over which favourites to exclude, but also because it raises tricky questions of definition.

This paragraph was taken from an article entitled Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre in The Conversation (Brauner n.d.) and you can find the reference and link on the credits page.

Sentence One

"the term" refers to something already mentioned in the text so this sentence is not sentence 1.

"It" and "such a list" at the beginning of this sentence refers to something already mentioned in the text. So this cannot be the first sentence.

Correct. It's a topic sentence and we know the topic also from the title. the key content words are: five, graphic, novel.

Sentence Two

This is a topic sentence. It has no backward pointing references (apart from the title) so this is unlikely to be a second sentence.

This could appear as the second sentence, "the term" refering back to the grapic novel. But it doesn't really answer the question as to why compiling a top five list is challenging. The sentence beginning "It's not just the way ..." does this much better.

Correct. The word "it" at the beginning of this sentence refers back to the word challenging at the end of the first sentence. There are three things which make writing a list of top five graphic novels difficult. 1. the way the list is compiled; 2. deciding what to exclude; 3. difficult questions about defining a graphic novel. The words "agonising" and "tricky" are also cohesive because they link back to the word "challenging".

Sentence Three

D1

false

D2

D1 Occupied

false

D2 Occupied

D3

false

If this were a longer paragraph outlining the difficulties of compiling a top five list of graphic novels, then this could be a final summary sentence for the paragraph. But in this case it it not the correct answer.

Correct. "the term" means graphic novel. And the question in this sentence is what is a graphic novel? The writer gives a list of accepted genres of writing which can be included in the term graphic novel (fiction, memoirs, diaries ....) but suggests that there may be others which not everybody might agree can be included (little consensus). So this sentence is strongly linked to the previous one (tricky questions of definition).

This sentence answers the question about why compiling a top five list of graphic novels is challenging. So it needs to directly follow that sentence.

D3 Occupied

D1 Position

D0

Comment

The title of this text is Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre

This text, as you would expect from the title, is a list. Specifically, a list of five graphic novels, which the writer claims “define the genre”. The opening paragraph explains the difficulty of compiling such as list and mentions not only the hard choice about what to include or exclude but also the problem of defining what defines a graphic novel concluding that apart from some accepted genres, “there is little consensus”. As you would expect after this opening, the writer gives some examples of works which might or might not be accepted falling into the category of graphic novel.

You can read this and his selection of five novels by noting the citation below and finding the reference on the credits page where there is a link to the original article.

That the term refers not just to fiction but to life-writing, as in all manner of memoirs, diaries and so on, is accepted – but beyond that there is little consensus.

D2 Position

D0

D3 Position

D0

For someone who teaches about the graphic novel, compiling an all-time top five list is challenging.

It’s not just the way that such a list is compiled, making agonising decisions over which favourites to exclude, but also because it raises tricky questions of definition.

This paragraph was taken from an article entitled Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre in The Conversation (Brauner n.d.) and you can find the reference and link on the credits page.

Sentence One

Sentence Two

Correct. The word "it" at the beginning of this sentence refers back to the word challenging at the end of the first sentence. There are three things which make writing a list of top five graphic novels difficult. 1. the way the list is compiled; 2. deciding what to exclude; 3. difficult questions about defining a graphic novel. The words "agonising" and "tricky" are also cohesive because they link back to the word "challenging".

Sentence Three

Correct. "the term" means graphic novel. And the question in this sentence is what is a graphic novel? The writer gives a list of accepted genres of writing which can be included in the term graphic novel (fiction, memoirs, diaries ....) but suggests that there may be others which not everybody might agree can be included (little consensus). So this sentence is strongly linked to the previous one (tricky questions of definition).

Comment

The title of this text is Five eye-catching graphic novels that define the genre

This text, as you would expect from the title, is a list. Specifically, a list of five graphic novels, which the writer claims “define the genre”. The opening paragraph explains the difficulty of compiling such as list and mentions not only the hard choice about what to include or exclude but also the problem of defining what defines a graphic novel concluding that apart from some accepted genres, “there is little consensus”. As you would expect after this opening, the writer gives some examples of works which might or might not be accepted falling into the category of graphic novel.

You can read this and his selection of five novels by noting the citation below and finding the reference on the credits page where there is a link to the original article.

That the term refers not just to fiction but to life-writing, as in all manner of memoirs, diaries and so on, is accepted – but beyond that there is little consensus.

For someone who teaches about the graphic novel, compiling an all-time top five list is challenging.

It’s not just the way that such a list is compiled, making agonising decisions over which favourites to exclude, but also because it raises tricky questions of definition.