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Lesson II: Writing a Paragraph

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Stephen JE Ventura

This document discusses the principles of paragraph development, including unity, coherence, and emphasis. Unity requires that all elements of a paragraph are logically related to the main topic sentence. Coherence provides a smooth flow of meaning through the orderly arrangement of ideas, which can be ordered chronologically, by enumeration, spatially, causally, or logically. Emphasis gives focus to the most important ideas through their positioning, repetition, or proportion of space given.

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Lesson II: Writing a Paragraph
PRINCIPLES OF PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT Whether you are writing a sentence, paragraph or a longer composition, you must observe the principles of unity, coherence, and emphasis
Unity A paragraph has unity when all its elements are related to one another and to the topic sentence. No element should digress from the writer’s main idea and enough details are included for completeness. A unified paragraph deals with only one main idea and
Coherence Coherence refers to the logical relationship among the elements in a paragraph. It provides a smooth flow of meaning through the orderly arrangement of ideas.
Ways of Ordering Ideas In A Paragraph
There are generally five ways of ordering ideas in a paragraph: chronological or time order (for narration or process analysis), enumeration or listing order, spatial order (for description or for showing location in space), casual order and logical order (inductive-from particular instances to a generalization or deductive- from a generalization to particulars). Coherence is also achieved through the use of structural devices such as transitions, correct pronouns, repetition of key ideas and parallelism.
Emphasis Emphasis refers to the giving of focus to the most important elements or ideas. This can be achieved by proper positioning if elements (the beginning and end of the paragraph for the most important ideas), repetition or proportion (giving more space to the more important idea).
Lesson II: Writing a Paragraph

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Lesson II: Writing a Paragraph

  • 3. PRINCIPLES OF PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT Whether you are writing a sentence, paragraph or a longer composition, you must observe the principles of unity, coherence, and emphasis
  • 4. Unity A paragraph has unity when all its elements are related to one another and to the topic sentence. No element should digress from the writer’s main idea and enough details are included for completeness. A unified paragraph deals with only one main idea and
  • 5. Coherence Coherence refers to the logical relationship among the elements in a paragraph. It provides a smooth flow of meaning through the orderly arrangement of ideas.
  • 6. Ways of Ordering Ideas In A Paragraph
  • 7. There are generally five ways of ordering ideas in a paragraph: chronological or time order (for narration or process analysis), enumeration or listing order, spatial order (for description or for showing location in space), casual order and logical order (inductive-from particular instances to a generalization or deductive- from a generalization to particulars). Coherence is also achieved through the use of structural devices such as transitions, correct pronouns, repetition of key ideas and parallelism.
  • 8. Emphasis Emphasis refers to the giving of focus to the most important elements or ideas. This can be achieved by proper positioning if elements (the beginning and end of the paragraph for the most important ideas), repetition or proportion (giving more space to the more important idea).