HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH

• INTEND (separating paragraph from the left margin)

• INDENDATION IS NEEDED FOR EACH NEW PARAGRAPH.

• PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE CLEAR

• SENTENCES SHOULD BE COMPREHENSIBLE

• THERE SHOULD BE ONE GENERAL (CENTRAL) IDEA

• ALL OTHER SENTENCES SHOULD BE RELATED TO THE CENTRAL IDEA

• THERE SHOULD BE LINK BETWEEN THE SENTENCES,

• AND PARAGRAPHS SHOULD BE CONNECTED.

• PARAGRAPHS SHOULD INCLUDE REASONS AND EXAMPLES TO SUPPORT MAIN IDEA.

• AND CONCLUSION SECTION SHOULD SUM UP THE MAIN IDEA.

• YOU SHOULDN’T USE SAME WORDS AGAIN AND AGAIN (NO REPETITION).

• THERE SHOULD BE SENTENCE VARIETY.

• PRE WRITING IS IMPORTANT.

• IT MAY INCLUDE PLANNING, RESEARCH, OUTLINING.

• PRE WRITING HELPS YOU START ON THE RIGHT FOOT BOTH INTELLECTUALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY.

• IT REDUCES STRESS AND SAVE TIME - ENERGY.

• PROOFREADING IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT.

• PROOFREADING HELPS YOU FIND AND FIX COMMON ERRORS.

• PROOFREADING IS SEARCHING FOR ERRORS, GRAMMATICAL AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS BEFORE SUBMITTING THE WRITING.

• CEYLAN BAYRAM

• ZIRVE UNIVERSITY ELT DEPARTMENT