WRITING A

PARAGRAPH
By
Mr. Ian Carlo Bajada
PURPOSES OF
WRITING
To Entertain
■ Tell readers a story to make them laugh, cry,
happy, inspire or startle them.
■ Entertain audience with different emotions
and different narratives

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To Inform
■ Enlighten or tell readers about a topic or
idea.
■ Educate audience through facts,
information, story or creative narratives.

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To Persuade
■ Convince readers to do or think something
argumentative.
■ Influence audience through convincing
narratives or persuading information to get
there information.
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 IDENTIFY THE
STRUCTURE OF A
PARAGRAPH
GOALS OF THE SESSION
GENERATE IDEAS
FROM WRITING
GOALS OF THE SESSION
WRITING A TOPIC
SENTENCE
GOALS OF THE SESSION
 CHOOSE
SUPPORTING
POINTS
GOALS OF THE SESSION
MAKE AN
OUTLINE
GOALS OF THE SESSION
PARAGRAPH
■ Group or set of sentences about a particular
topic.
■ Usually presented with topic sentence and
supporting sentences.

Source: Academic Writing Skills Student’s Book 1-4. Cambridge University Press
STRUCTURE
■ Paragraph has main components to make
the topic clear and understandable by
readers or audience.

Source: Academic Writing Skills Student’s Book 1-4. Cambridge University Press
TOPIC SENTENCE
STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH
SUPPORTING
SENTENCES
STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH
CONCLUDING
SENTENCE
STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH