Once the introductory paragraph has sufficiently engaged and set the scene for the reader, the real development happens. Teaching students to really develop their ideas meaningfully is essential to ...

Paragraph transition is the movement between paragraphs, specifically how effectively logical order and transitions/transitional devices are used. Arranging ...

A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. This handout breaks the paragraph down into its conceptual and structural components. The conceptual components — ...

Last week, Part 2 of this series started discussing implicit or intrinsic paragraph transition hooks. Unlike explicit or extrinsic hooks, this second type of paragraph transition device makes use of ...

Transition-sentences bring out the logical relation between ideas. You want your paper to read like a continuous argument which good transitions help to facilitate. Words like ‘however’, ‘so’, ...

We have looked into several intrinsic or implicit strategies for making a transition to a new paragraph from the one preceding it. All these strategies begin the new paragraph with a sentence that ...

When writing an essay, it’s important to think about which aspects you would like to include in your paper. For example, are there definitions or background information that you’d like to explain ...