How to write good paragraphs

There are lots and lots of types of writing that you need to be able to do. However, many of them share common aspects; for instance, most require that you are able to write paragraphs.

A paragraph is a section of writing that usually contains a few sentences and deals with one idea. It usually starts on new line, and is often indented (it starts a little way in from the left starting position of a normal line).

Here’s a snippet from this book, with two paragraphs circled and labelled. In this case, the paragraphs are not indented:

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