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Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Individual sentences express complete thoughts, and individual paragraphs support main ideas.\u00a0 The development of paragraphs flows naturally to the development of arguments to support a central idea.<\/p>\n

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Paragraph Length<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All the sentences in a paragraph support one main idea.\u00a0\u00a0 Suppose a journalist were writing an article about a city meeting.\u00a0 She may choose to start the article \u201cThe City Council held a meeting at City Hall on February 2 at 7 PM to take recommendations for the location of the new building for the Boys and Girls Club.\u201d\u00a0 The chairman of the local Boys and Girls Club would like it in the same area in Smallville, while the owner of property in Gotham City wants the new building built on their land.\u00a0 \u00a0However, a student writing an essay for their government class might use the same meeting information, but slant it in a different way.\u00a0 \u201cThe City Council holds regular meetings every two weeks to ensure public input on issues important to the community.\u00a0 Last month, they held public meetings to discuss funding for the new library. The most recent meeting was to discuss the location of the new Boys and Girls Club building.\u00a0 \u00a0The proposed agenda for their next meeting will continue discussion of its funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relating Main Ideas to Central Themes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The central theme of an article or a nonfiction essay is often called a \u201cthesis statement.\u201d\u00a0 The newspaper article has the central theme recommendations for possible locations.\u00a0 For example, the chairman of the Smallville Boys and Girls Club wants it in the existing location.\u00a0 The property owner in Gotham City wants it built on their property.\u00a0 Another sentence might discuss the proposal by the chairperson of the Chamber of Commerce to build the Boys and Girls Club near the ball fields at the edge of town.\u00a0 In contrast, the government paper has the central theme of different types of City Council meetings in the community.\u00a0\u00a0 The City Council held one meeting to discuss public input into library funding, one to discuss the location of the Boys and Girls Club building, and one to discuss how the new building will be funded.\u00a0 The main idea of each paragraph will relate back to that central theme or argument.<\/p>\n

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Narration in Paragraphs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Paragraphs can be organized as narration or description. The first paragraph of the newspaper article is an example of narration.\u00a0 The first sentence tells who had the meeting (the City Council and the public), where and when the meeting took place (City Hall, February 2, at 7 PM), what (the meeting), as well as why (proposals for the location of the new building).\u00a0 The chairperson of the Smallville Boys and Girls Club spoke first, then the landowner, then the chairperson of the Chamber of Commerce, and so on.\u00a0 A descriptive paragraph might tell the reasons why the chairperson of the Boys and Girls Club wants the new building at the existing location.\u00a0 The existing location is in a safe place, with plenty of outdoor lighting.\u00a0 It is easy to get to by biking, walking, or riding the bus.\u00a0 It is close to the middle school, but it is away from places where people live, so kids can make noise without a lot of complaints from neighbors.<\/p>\n

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Process in Paragraphs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Some paragraphs describe a step-by-step process.\u00a0 For example, when a building is built, first a plan is made, then the location is excavated, then the foundation is poured, and so forth.\u00a0 Other types of paragraphs describe classifications.\u00a0 One sentence can describe public meetings, another, the city newsletter, another, televised reports from each city department, and still another, legal notices in the daily paper.<\/p>\n

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