English

In school, we learn about Paragraph Writing

PARAGRAPH WRITING

Topic Sentence

Topic Sentence is the topic sentence is the first sentences in a paragraph.It introduces the main idea of the paragraph.Summarize the main idea of your paragraph. Indicate to the reader what your paragraph will be about.

Example:

There are three reasons why Canada is one of the best countries in the world. First, Canada has an excellent health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a reasonable price. Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are taught by well-trained teachers and are encouraged to continue studying at university. Finally, Canada's cities are clean and efficiently managed. Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a result, Canada is a desirable place to live.

Supporting Sentence

Support sentences (notice the plular) provide explanations and support for the topic sentences (main idea) of your paragrap.

In addition to examples, support sentences may also contain: explanations/reasons,
descriptions, processes, statistics, comparisons/contrasts, arguments, causes/effects,
facts, and so on.

There is no rule about how much support you should give to your topic sentence,
however, three pieces of support is a good number; not too much and not too little.

Concluding Sentence

The concluding sentence shows the reader that your paragraph is finished.  There are
different things you can write in a concluding sentence, such as:1.  summarize the paragraph

With its unique properties, glass is a versatile
material with many uses.

2.  give your final thoughts or personal opinion

With its unique properties, I believe glass will
continue to be widely used for hundreds of years to come.

3.  transition to the next paragraph (if there is more than one)

While glass has many unique properties, gold is also
very useful in addition to being very rare.

In long essays, textbooks, or a thesis or dissertation, it is not necessary that every
paragraph have a concluding sentence.


Transitional Sentece

The transitional sentecesprepares the reader for following the paragraph.