(See Section 46.) If a
composition composed of a series of paragraphs possesses coherence, each
paragraph is so related to the preceding ones that the thought goes
steadily forward from one to another. Often the connection in thought is
so evident that no special indication needs to be made, but if the
paragraphs are arranged with reference to a time-order, this time-order
is usually indicated.
Notice how the relation in time of each paragraph to the preceding is
shown by the following sentences of parts of sentences taken in order from
a magazine article entitled "Yachting at Kiel," by James B. Connolly:--
1. It was slow waiting in Travemunde. The long-enduring twilight of a
summer's day at fifty-four north began to settle down...
2. The dusk comes on, and on the ships of war they seem to be getting
nervous...
3. The dusk deepens...
4. It is getting chilly in the night air, with the rations running low,
and the charterers of some of the fishing boats decide to go home...
5. It is eleven o'clock--dark night--and the breeze is freshening, when
the first of the fleet heaves in sight...
6. After that they arrive rapidly...
7. At midnight there is still no _Meteor_...
8. Through the entire night they keep coming...
9. Next morning...
+Theme XLVI.+--_Write a narrative, four or more paragraphs in length,
showing the time-order._
Suggested subjects:--
1. The race up the river.
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