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ELEMENTS OF A PARAGRAPH

1-The topic sentence


2-The supporting senteces
3-The concluding sentence.
THE TOPIC SENTENCE
-States Main Idea.
THE SUPPORTING SENTECES
-Explain, develop, or prove the Topic sentence.
THE CONCLUDING SENTENCE.
-porvides a strong ending.
-Restates, summarizes, evaluates,
or adds an insight to the main idea.
FEATURES OF A GOOD PARAGRAPH
1-Adequate development.
2-Unity
3-Coherence
TYPES OF SUPPORTING DETAILS
1.Facts 2.Reasons 3.Descriptive details
4.Examples 5.Events 6.Comparisons and contrasts.
ADEQUATE DEVELOPMENT
The supporting sentences in a paragraph have the job of developing the main
idea with specific details.
UNITY
In a paragraph that has Unity, all the sentences
support and develop the main idea.
COHERENCE
The details in a paragraph must relate not only to the main idea but also to one
other. The keys to a coherent paragraph are: Logical organization and
appropriate connecting devices.
WAYS TO ORGANIZE IDEAS
1-cronological order
2-Spatial order
3-order of importance
4-developmental order
5-comparison/contrast

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