The Paragraph Structure

A paragraph is a group of related sentences that discuss a main idea.

A paragraph should be long enough to develop your idea.

A paragraph may stand by itself.

WHAT IS IT?

Topic Sentence

Supporting Sentences

Concluding Sentence

ITS PARTS!

Topic Sentence

Supporting Sentences

Concluding Sentence

It states the main idea.It limits the topic (by means

of a controlling idea).

It proves and developes the topic sentence. It contains

examples, statistics, details, a quote, etc.

It signals the end of the paragraph. It leaves the

reader important ideas to remember.