Blog 19

Make the paragraph the composting unit

One paragraph for each topic If the topic you're writing about isn't very big or you only want to talk about it briefly, you might not need to break it up into topics. Therefore, it is best to write a single paragraph for any one of the following: a brief description, a brief summary of a literary work, a brief account of a single incident, a narrative merely outlining an action, or the presentation of a single idea. After the paragraph has been written, it should be looked at to see if subdividing it won't make it better.

Usually, though, a topic needs to be broken down into smaller ones, and each one needs to be the focus of a paragraph. Naturally, the purpose of treating each topic separately in a paragraph is to assist the reader. He is informed that a new stage in the subject's development has been reached at the beginning of each paragraph.

The length of the composition will affect how much subdivision is done. A brief review of a book or poem, for instance, might be just one paragraph long. One somewhat longer could comprise two sections:

· Description of the work.

· In-depth discussion

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