CONNECTIVITY IN PARAGRAPHS FOR AN ESSAY
CONNECTIVITY IN PARAGRAPHS is a crucial aspect of effective and expressive writing. When the sentences or paragraphs are not connected with each other, it gives rise to the feeling of abruptness.
While this spontaneity and abruptness might serve you well in certain conditions, such as when creating suspense, it does not fit in every case. Therefore, in order to enhance the flow or coherence of your writing, you must consider making connections between the sentences and paragraphs.
Consider these two examples:
A girl was standing at the bus stop. The thief came from the bushes. He snatched her purse. The girls started resisting. She could not do anything. The thief took out the pistol and shot her in the arm. The girl fainted. The thief ran away. Police came when someone called them. They took her to the hospital. The doctor confirmed that she was safe. The thieves were still at large.
A girl was standing at the bus station when suddenly a thief came out from the bushes behind. Taking the advantage of the occasion, he snatched the purse from the girl. Although she tried to resist, yet she could not do anything. Alarmed by the girls struggle, he took out his pistol and shot her in the arm. The girl fainted on the spot, but the thief ran away. Finally, the police came when somebody called them and took her to the hospital. Thankfully, the girl is safe. The thieves, however, are still at large.
If you look at both the examples above, you won’t find any difference in the content or information, nor is there any difference in the order of events or the sequence of the sentences.
The difference, however, is of the addition of connecting words. These connecting words include ‘and, when, although, yet, but, finally, thankfully, however’.
These words are called connecting words. Use them wisely to enhance your expression. But do not over use them. These words are not required in every sentence.
These words can also be used to connect the paragraphs. Many writers use first, second, third or firstly, secondly, thirdly before every paragraph to enlist the causes, impacts, and recommendations.
When the contrast is shown between two paragraphs, words such as ‘On the contrary, on the other sides, despite that, in contrast to’ are used. When we show support, we use words such as “in addition to, moreover, furthermore’.
You can see that I have used many of such words in this post and I’ve made a generous but sensible use of such linking words in my previous blog posts as well. You can go through all of them to see how I link sentences and paragraphs with each other.
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