writing a paragraph
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The Paragraph Structure
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A paragraph is a group of related sentences that discuss a main idea.
A paragraph should be long enough to develop your idea.
A paragraph may stand by itself.
WHAT IS IT?
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Topic Sentence
Supporting Sentences
Concluding Sentence
ITS PARTS!
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Topic Sentence
Supporting Sentences
Concluding Sentence
It states the main idea.It limits the topic (by means
of a controlling idea).
It proves and developes the topic sentence. It contains
examples, statistics, details, a quote, etc.
It signals the end of the paragraph. It leaves the
reader important ideas to remember.