How To Write Basic Paragraph Structure
copied from: http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/para.html ----- Basic Paragraph Structure In this lesson: Topic Sentence | Supporting Sentences | Concluding Sentences | Details | Formality | Exercise #1 In many languages, the fundamental unit of composition is the paragraph. A paragraph consists of several sentences that are grouped together. This group of sentences together discuss one main subject. In U.S. formal academic English, paragraphs have three principal parts. These three parts are the topic sentence, body sentences, and the concluding sentence. We will also talk briefly about details in paragraphs. The Topic Sentence A topic sentence usually comes at the beginning of a para...