Paragraphs

What is a paragraph?

• A group of words joined together to express a complete thought.

• A group of sentences about one idea.

• The 'big idea' of a piece of writing.

• Reasons, examples and other details that support a main point.

What are the parts of a paragraph?

• Dependent and Independent clauses

• Compound, complex and simple sentences

• topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentences

• main ideas

What are main ideas?

• What the text is mainly about.

• A concluding statement

• A complete sentence.

• The supporting ideas in a text that show proof.

Examine the sentences below carefully, then place them in a logical order to create a paragraph.

A. But sometimes, the persons of opposite nature also come closer and fall in each other’s company by accident,chance or out of ignorance vitiating the above statement to some extent.

B. If a man moves in the company of good, gentle and noble people, he is usually judged to be a gentleman.

C. It is usual for a man to see company of those who possess tastes, tendencies and temperaments like his own.

D.On the other side, if he keeps company with evil persons and bad characters, he is considered to be a man of bad character.

E. Generally, the character and conduct of a person is gauged by the kinds of people he mixes and moves with.

• EBDCA

• DCABE

• ABCDE

• DCABC

What is the paragraph below about?

5. Dolphins are very smart animals. They even have their own language. They talk to each other with clicks, whistles, and grunts. Scientists have been studying this dolphin language. They hope that in the future, people and dolphins will be able to talk to each other.

• how dolphins talk to people

• how dolphins are different from fish

• how smart dolphins are

• which scientists are studying languages