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 PARAGRAPHING
 
     

Unity/Coherence/Development
Topic sentence Supporting sentence

In this unit we will learn how to build and develop strong paragraphs.

What is a paragraph? A paragraph is a basic unit of an essay. It comprises of a number of sentences that are related and that deal with a single idea or topic.

Every paragraph in an essay strives to communicate the theme of the essay to the reader and helps them to understand the topic better. Each one helps either to narrate, describe, compare and contrast or to analyse data. It is in the different paragraphs that the writer's arguments are progressively built up and thus the need to have strong well developed paragraphs. This development helps the reader who may not be familiar with your views to understand and follow the argument better.

Basically each paragraph should:

  • maintain and have a clear structure.
  • reflect the thought presented in the thesis statement.
  • be a solid unit that develops a clearly announced sub-theme of the essay or represent an idea in the outline.

All paragraph must have:

a) Paragraph elements

  • Unity
  • Coherence
  • Adequate development

b) A Solid Structure

 
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