What Is a Paragraph?
1.) What is a paragraph?
Etymology: From the greek word paragraphos which means, line used to mark change of persons in a dialogue, from paragraphein to write alongside, from para- + graphein to write.
* A Paragraph is a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.
* A collection of related sentences dealing with one topic.
2.) What is overloaded paragraphing?
* Overloaded paragraphing is where a paragraph contains too much information. Sometimes even redundant ones. It is overloaded because there is too much information in the paragraph. Whether it is necessary or not, a paragraph shouldn’t be overloaded. Information’s should be kept in moderate for the easy understanding of the reader.
How to avoid it an overloaded paragraph?
* Choose the best information to write. Choose the ones that give better understanding to the main idea.
3.) What is excessive or frequent paragraphing?
- It is sometimes called over paragraphing. This occurs when the writer uses too many subparagraphs that can sometimes be seen as unnecessary.
How to avoid it?
* Keep the number of levels of subparagraphs to a bare minimum. Avoid the use of very broad categories.
4.) What is paragraph unity?
* A paragraph is unified when every sentence develops the point made in the topic sentence. It must have a single focus and it must contain no irrelevant facts. Every sentence must contribute to the paragraph by explaining, exemplifying, or expanding the topic sentence
How to achieve a unified paragraph?
* In order to achieve a unified paragraph, all of the supporting sentences should serve to illustrate, clarify, and/ or explain the main idea set forth in the topic sentence. Unnecessary and unrelated sentences or information’s should not be included. Because an intrusion or irrelevant information can disrupt our understanding of a
Etymology: From the greek word paragraphos which means, line used to mark change of persons in a dialogue, from paragraphein to write alongside, from para- + graphein to write.
* A Paragraph is a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.
* A collection of related sentences dealing with one topic.
2.) What is overloaded paragraphing?
* Overloaded paragraphing is where a paragraph contains too much information. Sometimes even redundant ones. It is overloaded because there is too much information in the paragraph. Whether it is necessary or not, a paragraph shouldn’t be overloaded. Information’s should be kept in moderate for the easy understanding of the reader.
How to avoid it an overloaded paragraph?
* Choose the best information to write. Choose the ones that give better understanding to the main idea.
3.) What is excessive or frequent paragraphing?
- It is sometimes called over paragraphing. This occurs when the writer uses too many subparagraphs that can sometimes be seen as unnecessary.
How to avoid it?
* Keep the number of levels of subparagraphs to a bare minimum. Avoid the use of very broad categories.
4.) What is paragraph unity?
* A paragraph is unified when every sentence develops the point made in the topic sentence. It must have a single focus and it must contain no irrelevant facts. Every sentence must contribute to the paragraph by explaining, exemplifying, or expanding the topic sentence
How to achieve a unified paragraph?
* In order to achieve a unified paragraph, all of the supporting sentences should serve to illustrate, clarify, and/ or explain the main idea set forth in the topic sentence. Unnecessary and unrelated sentences or information’s should not be included. Because an intrusion or irrelevant information can disrupt our understanding of a