{"id":1221,"date":"2020-03-25T15:34:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T15:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/chapter\/paragraph-structure\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T22:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T22:08:14","slug":"paragraph-structure","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/chapter\/paragraph-structure\/","title":{"raw":"Paragraph Structure","rendered":"Paragraph Structure"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify strategies for revising for paragraph structure<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nMost formal writing will require you to organize information in paragraphs. There are many strategies for composing paragraphs, but most boil down to a similar formula that includes a key sentence, evidence, and author commentary on that evidence. If you already have these elements in a paragraph, you\u2019ll want to focus on the organization of ideas within a paragraph. Creating a reverse micro outline or cutting up the sentences of an individual paragraph, along with strengthening transitions within a paragraph, can help you as you revise for paragraph structure.\r\n\r\nIn general, if you feel your readers may have a hard time making connections, providing transition words (e.g., \u201cdue to\u201d or \u201con the other hand\u201d) can help lead them. Transitions between paragraphs may appear at the end of the first paragraph, at the beginning of the second paragraph, or in both places.\u00a0 If the transition introduces new ideas, it usually appears at the beginning of the second paragraph.\r\n\r\nBelow is a chart of transition words that are useful for linking ideas within a paragraph:\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.h5p.com\/content\/1292200759132128958\/embed\" width=\"1088\" height=\"637\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" aria-label=\"Paragraph Structure\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.h5p.com\/js\/h5p-resizer.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>practice<\/h3>\r\nSelect the most appropriate transitions in the following passage:\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/433a065e-7a6a-4d3b-8b32-bbe91606fb50\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify strategies for revising for paragraph structure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Most formal writing will require you to organize information in paragraphs. There are many strategies for composing paragraphs, but most boil down to a similar formula that includes a key sentence, evidence, and author commentary on that evidence. If you already have these elements in a paragraph, you\u2019ll want to focus on the organization of ideas within a paragraph. Creating a reverse micro outline or cutting up the sentences of an individual paragraph, along with strengthening transitions within a paragraph, can help you as you revise for paragraph structure.<\/p>\n<p>In general, if you feel your readers may have a hard time making connections, providing transition words (e.g., \u201cdue to\u201d or \u201con the other hand\u201d) can help lead them. Transitions between paragraphs may appear at the end of the first paragraph, at the beginning of the second paragraph, or in both places.\u00a0 If the transition introduces new ideas, it usually appears at the beginning of the second paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a chart of transition words that are useful for linking ideas within a paragraph:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.h5p.com\/content\/1292200759132128958\/embed\" width=\"1088\" height=\"637\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" aria-label=\"Paragraph Structure\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.h5p.com\/js\/h5p-resizer.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>practice<\/h3>\n<p>Select the most appropriate transitions in the following passage:<\/p>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_433a065e-7a6a-4d3b-8b32-bbe91606fb50\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/433a065e-7a6a-4d3b-8b32-bbe91606fb50?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_433a065e-7a6a-4d3b-8b32-bbe91606fb50\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1221\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Paragraph Structure. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Meredith Harper. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: University of Mississippi. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared 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href=\"https:\/\/human.libretexts.org\/Bookshelves\/Composition\/Book%3A_Rhetoric_and_Composition_(Bay_College)\/02%3A_The_Writing_Process\/2.5%3A_Revising_and_Editing\">https:\/\/human.libretexts.org\/Bookshelves\/Composition\/Book%3A_Rhetoric_and_Composition_(Bay_College)\/02%3A_The_Writing_Process\/2.5%3A_Revising_and_Editing<\/a>. <strong>Project<\/strong>: LibreTexts. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Specific attribution<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Jane Palmer. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" 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