Writing a good Paragraph

Ludfi Djakfar
 § Each paragraph
should have a
meaning, message,
thought or main idea
Paragraph building in line with the whole
writing.
§ Each paragraph only
has 1 main topic

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The Structure of Idea in a Paragraph

§ Consists of
• Main idea
• Supporting ideas

§ Cohesive and coherence

• Cohesive : unity of all supporting sentences with its main ideas
• Coherence : all supporting sentences flow seamlessly from the beginning to the end of
paragraph without any jumps of logical flow
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§ Determine the main
idea sentence
§ Determine the
supporting sentences
Tips to write a coherent dan
§ Determine
developing/additional
comprehensive sentence
sentences to support
the main sentence
§ Determine the
concluding sentence