This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. This handout breaks the paragraph down into its ...

This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. This handout breaks the research paragraph down into ...

The body paragraphs come after the introduction and usually take up most of the essay. Paragraphs contain 3 main sections – remember the acronym PIE as a guide for developing well-structured, coherent ...

Each of the paragraphs below contains three underlined sentences. Read each paragraph and then click on the sentence (or sentences) that you think is the topic sentence of that paragraph. Carpeting ...

Writing a strong topic sentence that establishes the subject of the paragraph Using "echo words" -- i.e., consistent terms for the concepts throughout Applying transitions to link sentences logically ...

technical level — the kind of thing you’d study in a graduate course on the structure of English — it is filled with persuasive observations and advice. Here’s a paragraph about short sentences: Ideas ...

Man in striped blue shirt and glasses: A sentence should open, introduce a subject, deal with that subject and then come to a conclusion. Man in blue jumper and hat: Start, middle and end. Man in ...