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hunting breeds have been selectively bred not to bark while working because it would scare the game.
3.2 Reorder the sentences below so that they form a coherent paragraph.*
__ a. But because many new summer workers don't know how to move large trees, the best ways to handle
the equipment, handle the trucks, or the large plants, their job is much harder.
__ b. Yet Timmerman does little to help summer employees in these areas.
__ c. Or at least it shouldn't be.
__ d. Timmerman Landscape Co. Inc. is a local nursery that has recently moved into doing landscaping.
__ e. There is a waiting list for these jobs because the pay is good and the work is outdoors but not as heavy
as construction work.
__ f. They have a year-round staff of around ten people, but in the summer they hire a lot of summer help to
meet peak summer workloads.
__ g. Most of the summer help are college students.
* (Key: a-6; b-7; c-5; d-1; e-4; f-2; g-3)
2. What features of each sentence help you determine its position in the paragraph?
UNIT 2. OLD AND NEW INFORMATION
(Another Coherence Device)
In a paragraph, the writer usually establishes coherence between sentences by referring back, in the first part
of each
sentence, to what the reader already knows (Old Information) and by adding the (New ) information
that leads his argument forward in the second part of each sentence.
Notice how this pattern of Old Information leading to New Information works in the following:
Shopping for a Turkey
Old ... New . . .
The old information
was stated in the
title.
In buying a turkey, you get more meat your money from a
whole bird than from a boned, rolled turkey roast.
Old ... New . . .
And the bigger that whole bird is, the
more meat you will have in
proportion to bone.
The reference to "the whole bird" is
old information from the preceding
sentence.
The reference to a turkey's weight
is old information, but the fact of
Old ... New . . .
A turkey weighing less than 12 pounds
is one-half waste.
one-half waste is new.