Writing a Paragraph

(Source: Writing Academic English by Alice

Oshima & Ann Hogue)

Writing A Group C
Susana Teopilus
What is a Paragraph?
A paragraph is a basic unit of organization in
writing in which a group of related sentences
develops one main idea.
The Three Parts of a Paragraph
1. Topic Sentence
2. Supporting Sentences
3. Concluding Sentence
1. Topic Sentence
Topic Sentence
 Topic Sentence
Controlling Idea
Topic Sentence
2. Supporting Sentences
 Develop the topic sentence
 Explain the topic sentence by giving reasons,
examples, facts, statistics and quotations.
3. Concluding Sentence
 Signals the end of the paragraph
 Summarizes the main points of the paragraph
 Gives a final comment on the topic
 Leaves the reader with the most important
ideas to think about
Other important paragraph
elements
 Unity
 Coherence
4 Ways to Achieve Coherence