Constructing Effective Body Paragraphs This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. This handout ...

Topic sentences and transitions act as "sign posts" that keep your reader from getting lost or having to backtrack through your ideas. One way to determine if your ideas are moving logically and can ...

Fewer than three may suggest that your topic sentence is too weak; more than five should make you wonder whether it's time to develop another topic sentence and a new paragraph.

* Writing sentences: Students can write the topic for the sentence in the middle box, and in each square, they can draw pictures of details they want to add to their writing.

Introduce the main idea in a general statement in the paragraph's first sentence. Follow this topic sentence with a few sentences that support the main idea.

Constructing Effective Body Paragraphs A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. This handout breaks the paragraph down into its conceptual and structural ...