1. WRITING A PARAGRAPH
WRITING WORKSHOP #2

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

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

4. PARAGRAPH ELEMENTS
UNITY
COHERENCE
TOPIC SENTENCE
ADEQUATE DEVELOPMENT

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

6. 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

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

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