PARAGRAPH AND METHODS OF PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT

PARAGRAPH AND METHODS OF PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT

An Introductory Sentence (This is sometimes called a topic sentence): This tells the reader the purpose of your paragraph and introduce the main idea you are developing, expanding upon or contrasting with another.

You will usually need to include evidence that develops / contrasts an idea. This informs and strengthens your argument. Try and introduce your evidence early and remember to reference the source.

Paragraph: It is a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation or numbering. It also distinct potion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.

Example:

i)             It will immediately set your statement apart from those and they are legion with a standard expository paragraph.

ii)           Any honest paragraph of straight forward explanation will usually require a good three pages of caveats and disclaimers.

Paragraph Development

There are different writing methods use to be able to developed a good paragraph. These are the use of the various types of paragraph development. The most frequently methods use includes: definition, classification, comparison and contrast, process description, cause and effect and narration.

A classification paragraph begins a main idea and discusses the subcategories of that topic, comparing and contrasting them with each other.

Comparison and contrast: To compares two subjects and discusses how they are alike and lists a few examples. There are two ways to write a paragraph, first, there is the point by point paragraph and there is the blocked paragraph. In the point by point, writing back and forth between the two subjects. First, talking about topic A. then talk about topic B. then right back to topic A. and so on. Finally the block paragraph only discusses one topic and then finishes the paragraph with the other subjects that is been compared or contrasted with the first. Then conclusion puts what your comparing or contrasting together.

Process Description: - It is a broad and written statement of a scientific process, base upon the findings of an analysis to generally explore the triggers and outcomes of the process. It is specifies a sequence of events that needs to be performed throughout the process to reach the process objectives. 

Cause, effect and narration: Fictional narratives usually have the notion that every effect has its cause. For every event that takes place, the narrative must strive to reassure us (for better for worse) that it will be acted upon that the “role” of the narrative must be closed.