Paragraph writing
A paragraph is a group of sentences with single or unified idea..All sentences that form a paragraph ,contribute to the main idea.
Ways of connecting sentence
Logical conectors : There are logical relationship between sentences in a passage.these logical relations are expressed by conneting words.
Linkers of addition
In addition,moreover,also,finally
Sequence signals
Then
Linkers of contrasts
However,
Linkers of result
Therefore as aresult,consequently,hence
Time relation
Earlier,later,after,before,so far,now thenfirst.
TOPIC SENTENCE
The sentence whuich states the main idea of the paragraph of the ida is called the topic sentences.the topic sentence contains the idea that is built or illustrated in the rest of the paragraph.
A topic sentence provides the base on which to build the paragraph and delimits thescope of the paragraph .
A topic sentence need not come in the beginning,.
Some features of support sentences
Support sentence should be related to the idea stated in the topic sentence
Support sentences must be relavant to the main idea
Technique of orgnising a paragraph
MAIN IDEA
SUPPORT BY REPPETION
SPECIFIC DETAIL
COMPARISONEXPLANATION
READ THE FOLLOWING AND TRY TO WRITE IN THE FORM OF A PARAGRAPH.
Deserts are dry regions
Deserts have very law rainfall.
Few plants grow in deserts.
Few animals can live in the deserts.
Some deserts have a surface iof sand.
Sand in deserts forms dunes .dunes are created by the winds.
Some deserts have surface of rocks or stones.
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AN IMPORTANT NOTE FOR HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS
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