WHAT IS A PARAGRAPH?
A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic.
Learning to write good
paragraphs will help you as a writer stay on track during your drafting and revision stages.
Good
paragraphing also greatly assists...
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WHAT IS A PARAGRAPH?
A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic.
Learning to write good
paragraphs will help you as a writer stay on track during your drafting and revision stages.
Good
paragraphing also greatly assists your readers in following a piece of writing.
You can have fantastic
ideas, but if those ideas aren t presented in an organized fashion, you will lose your readers (and fail to
achieve your goals in writing).
THE BASIC RULE: KEEP ONE IDEA TO ONE PARAGRAPH
The basic rule of thumb with paragraphing is to keep one idea to one paragraph.
If you begin to
transition into a new idea, it belongs in a new paragraph.
There are some simple ways to tell if you are
on the same topic or a new one.
You can have one idea and several bits of supporting evidence within a
single paragraph.
You can also have several points in a single paragraph as long as they relate to the
overall topic of the paragraph.
If the single points start to get long, th
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