Paragraphing

A paragraph
A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic.

Paragraphing
Its purpose is to for the creation of understandable and coherent paragraphs. Good paragraphing also greatly assists your readers in following a piece of writing.

Some Rules to follow :

• Keep One Idea to One Paragraph
• Unity - The entire paragraph should concern itself with a single focus.
• Coherence - The paragraph should be easily understandable.
• Logical bridges - The same idea of a topic is carried over from sentence to sentence
• Key words can be repeated in several sentences
• Synonymous words can be repeated in several sentences
• Pronouns can refer to nouns in previous sentences
• Transition words can be used to link ideas from different sentences

Some methods to make sure your paragraph is well-developed:

• Use examples and illustrations
• Cite data (facts, statistics, evidence, details, and others)
• Examine testimony (what other people say such as quotes and paraphrases)
• Use an anecdote or story
• Define terms in the paragraph
• Compare and contrast
• Evaluate causes and reasons
• Examine effects and consequences
• Analyze the topic
• Describe the topic
• Offer a chronology of an event (time segments)