Business documents -- such as letters, emails, memorandums and reports -- use paragraphs to separate different types of information, arguments and ideas. Paragraphs written in business format are ...

Extended "discourse," such as class presentations or essays written as school assignments, has a particular structure arising from particular expectations and standards. Such structure, expectations, ...

In her 1989 book The Writing Life, Annie Dillard describes a fellow writer who was asked by a student if she thought he might become a writer. “Well, do you like sentences?” the fellow writer said.

You’ve written a compelling introduction, a fantastic thesis and well-crafted paragraphs in support of your claims. Now you just need to write a conclusion, so you throw together a couple of generic ...

Most students when asked to write a paragraph or two on any stipulated topic begin producing lengthy essays overflowing with details. The practice is like an epidemic in government schools, especially ...

To help students improve their writing style by teaching them how to say more using less words in a fun writing exercise Students will have completed and received back a graded "Interview and Analysis ...

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What’s so interesting about a paragraph?, you might say. Ah yes, the humble paragraph… but what more is it other than a combination of sentences that convey some form of idea unit? If you ask me, it’s ...