WRITING A PARAGRAPH WRITING WORKSHOP #2.

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WRITING A PARAGRAPH WRITING WORKSHOP #2

SINGLE TOPIC!!!! What is a paragraph? PARAGRAPH = collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic SINGLE TOPIC!!!!

THE BASIC RULE ONE IDEA TO A PARAGRAPH ONE IDEA TO A PARAGRAPH NEW IDEA = NEW PARAGRAPH SUPPORT DETAILS RELATE TO MAIN IDEA

PARAGRAPH ELEMENTS UNITY COHERENCE TOPIC SENTENCE ADEQUATE DEVELOPMENT

UNITY SINGLE FOCUS BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE SAME SINGLE FOCUS ALL DETAILS RELEVANT TO SINGLE FOCUS

COHERENCE EASILY UNDERSTOOD LOGICAL BRIDGES VERBAL BRIDGES SINGLE IDEA FROM ONE SENTENCE TO NEXT PARALLEL FORM VERBAL BRIDGES KEY WORD REPETITION SYNONYMOUS WORDS PRONOUNS TRANSTIONS

TOPIC SENTENCE PARAGRAPH “THESIS” STATEMENT DEVELOP THROUGHOUT PARAGRAPH READER SHOULD BE ABLE TO END A PARAGRAPH AND KNOW THE TOPIC

ADEQUATE DEVELOPMENT MULTIPLE SENTENCES (3+) METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT: EXAMPLES PICTURES DATA ANECDOTE DEFINITIONS COMPARISONS DESCRIPTIONS

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