3.1 Paragraph Analysis

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.

There are a number of reasons why students should avoid plagiarism. First, as you hand in an assignment that has been partially copied from some other source, you know that you are cheating and cannot therefore derive any satisfaction from your work. In actual fact, you deprive yourself of an opportunity to prove your own worth and to learn from the experience of writing that assignment yourself. Additionally, another reason is that lecturers can tell when an assignment has been taken from someone elses writing. What you away is that this assignment will suddenly be like nothing else that you have ever produced, immediately alerting your lecturer to the possibility that it is not, in fact, your own work. Finally, the most compelling reason is that, by copying other peoples work, you deprive yourself of the chance to learn and develop your own expertise in your discipline or field of study. The purpose of most assignments is to give you the opportunity to read as widely as possible around a topic, and then synthesise what you have read and present your own perspective on it. In that way, you develop knowledge through your assignment.

3.1.1 What is the topic sentence of the paragraph? (2) 3.1.2 Write down the three main supporting sentences (3) 3.1.3 Identify two cohesive devices used in the paragraph (2) 3.1.4 Does this paragraph have a concluding sentence? Justify your answer. (2)