Basic Elements of a Paragraph

Overview

To write a good paragraph, we need to understand the basic elements of a paragraph and how each element contributes towards the formation of a complete, coherent paragraph structure.

A good paragraph consists of a topic sentenceexpresses the paragraph’s central idea., preferably at the beginning. All other sentences develop, support, and explain the idea introduced in the topic sentence.

Research shows that readers understand the paragraph more quickly if the topic sentence is introduced in the beginning.