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Writing a
Paragraph
Paragra
ph
Is a sentence or a group of sentences developing a single
idea or unit of thought. A sentence is also a unit of thought
but while a sentence expresses an idea, a paragraph
develops an idea.
Writing a Paragraph
Composing a paragraph is one communication activity which
can prove very exciting and fulfilling for a student to whom any
educational undertaking is always a most welcome task. This
kind of work often proves difficult as it demands of the
composer a great deal of creativity and know-how in putting
down thoughts together.
Tips on Creating a
Good Paragraph
Tip #1 Pitch Your
Point.
This mean figuring out very well
what you want to drive home your
reader or listener and lay it down.
Example of a point:
Example of a supporting
Sentences:
All prime commodities gets sold at
relatively low prices. The same was true
with the prices of luxury items. Generally,
customers is able to buy every items
cheaper by as much twenty five percent .
Tip #3 Write Your
Paragraph in Style.
In order to do this. You should use effective
words & expression. Also use, action words,
specific names, coloring words, radiant or
glowing expressions and other language
devices every time needed and possible
Example of styling:
Example of a point:
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Virtue is she convention that rightfully belongs to the
Filipino woman. Her spiritual power in the community
rests largely on her virtue, and the men whose own
virtue has much more comfortable periphery, thanks
to the double standard, respect their women folk for
it. The Filipino male is firmly convinced that his
premarital and extramarital circumstances only
enriches his experience, but he will, with a terrible
sense of outrage, stab his wife or his sister and her
seducer if he so much as begins to doubt her
goodness. The newspaper sensationalizes such stories
C. Logical Order
This means that a paragraph can proceed either inductively
or deductively in its presentation or development of ideas.
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Communication is a process whereby a party called a
sender transmits a message to another party called a
sendee in order for the said message to be understood. It
may take place either verbally, meaning, when the sender
uses words in conveying his message or non-verbally when
the sender uses kinesics, paralanguage, object language,
proxemics, chronemics and other similar signs of messages.
Whether verbal or non-verbal, it makes use of different
channels of transmission of message. For it to effectively
Methods Of Developing A
Paragraph
For the development of an idea in a
paragraph to be unified, coherent and
emphatic. it is a good practice to go by
certain methods like the following
1. Through Use Of Relevant
Details
Here the topic sentence is expanded or developed by giving
relevant supporting details.
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