The way to write great paragraph is to
forget that you are writing. Pretend that you are talking to a friend, or explaining something to an alien from outer space, or telling a story, or describing something to a blind person - anything to remind you that writing is just talking onto a page!
See the Related Questions for specific tips about writing different kinds of paragraphs.
A good paragraph will usually have two or three parts:- Topic Sentence - the first sentence, which tells you what the paragraph will be about. Your topic can be anything - often, your teacher will assign a topic for homework.
- Body Sentences - the middle part; these sentences explain more about the topic. Here's how to make good supporting sentences: make a list of all the facts that you know or that you have looked up about the topic; use each fact to make a sentence and write them after your topic sentence.
- Concluding Sentence (not all paragraphs will have this) - a summary sentence which restates the topic in other words
Of course, be sure that you use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. In general, you want to write
descriptive sentences that give a vivid mental image to the reader. Include as many of your senses as you can when you describe something. If you are giving an explanation or set of directions, one good trick is to read the explanation out loud to someone and see if they can follow the directions or explanation to arrive at the correct solution.
Effective paragraphs also have unity and coherence.
- Unity means that each sentence supports the main idea of the paragraph.
- Coherence means that the paragraph is easy to read and makes sense.
- use this scaffold (its called the text paragraph)-
- T- topic sentence
- E- elaborate on it
- X-T- tie it back to the topic sentence