Paragraph Writing

Formatting, Color Codes, and Example

Paragraph Parts and Colors

  1. Topic Sentence - red

  2. Expansion - red

  3. Evidence - Context (green) , Proof (blue)

  4. Elaboration - yellow

  5. Evidence - Context (green) , Proof (blue)

  6. Elaboration - yellow

  7. Concluding Sentence - red

Paragraph graphic organizer 22-23.pdf

Fixing Your Writing

Revising and Editing

Revise - making major changes to a document's content, structure, and/or organization

Edit - making sentence-level changes such as grammar and usage