Try to avoid perfunctory dictionary definitions that do not inform your analysis in a meaningful way. The definition that you provide will often be specific to your subject area. The definition paragraph does exactly what you would expect: it defines a term, often by drawing distinctions between the term and other related ones.
#A paragraph free#
Julia Pond, “A Story of the Exceptional: Fate and Free Will in the Harry Potter Series” All these characters, as enactors of fate, unknowingly drive Harry toward his destiny by attempting to control or to direct his life, while themselves controlled and directed by fate. Yet again, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, many adults intercede while attempting to protect Harry from perceived danger, as Snape observes: “Everyone from the Minister of Magic downward has been trying to keep famous Harry Potter safe from Sirius Black” (284). In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Dobby repeatedly assumes control over events by intercepting Ron’s and Hermione’s letters during the summer by sealing the barrier to Platform 93⁄4, causing Harry to miss the Hogwarts Express and by sending a Bludger after Harry in a Quidditch match, breaking his wrist. For example, before his eleventh birthday, the Dursleys control Harry’s life, keeping from him knowledge of his past and understanding of his identity (Sorcerer’s 49). Repeatedly, other characters decide Harry’s future for him, depriving him of freedom and choice. In Harry’s world fate works not only through powers and objects such as prophecies, the Sorting Hat, wands, and the Goblet of Fire, but also through people. Illustration in a paragraph supports a general statement by means of examples, details, or relevant quotations (with your comments). There are a number of useful techniques for expanding on topic sentences and developing your ideas in a paragraph. Often, the body paragraph demonstrates and develops your topic sentence through an ordered, logical progression of ideas. How do I develop my ideas in a paragraph? By avoiding irrelevant information that does not relate to the topic sentence, you can compose a unified paragraph. The rest of the paragraph will focus on these two Twitter-user groups, thereby fulfilling the promise made by the topic sentence. This topic sentence forecasts the central idea or main point of the paragraph: “politicians” and “journalists” rely on Twitter. Paul Bernal, “A Defence of Responsible Tweeting” The embrace of Twitter by politicians and journalists has been one of its most notable features in recent years: for both groups the use of Twitter is becoming close to a requirement. In academic writing, the topic sentence nearly always works best at the beginning of a paragraph so that the reader knows what to expect: In particular, opening and closing paragraphs, which serve different functions from body paragraphs, generally don’t have topic sentences. Note: Not all paragraphs need topic sentences. An essay is unified if all the paragraphs relate to the thesis, whereas a paragraph is unified if all the sentences relate to the topic sentence. But a thesis statement or topic sentence alone doesn’t guarantee unity. Like the thesis statement, a topic sentence has a unifying function. Whereas the thesis is the main point of the essay, the topic sentence is the main point of the paragraph. Like a thesis statement, a topic sentence has a specific main point. Topic sentences are similar to mini thesis statements. Probably the most effective way to achieve paragraph unity is to express the central idea of the paragraph in a topic sentence. Paragraphs add one idea at a time to your broader argument. Try to think about paragraphs in terms of thematic unity: a paragraph is a sentence or a group of sentences that supports one central, unified idea.
#A paragraph series#
A paragraph is a series of related sentences developing a central idea, called the topic.
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