Paragraph Writing, A strategy you can use to write every paragraph with ease
With this template, now you can write as many paragraphs as you want.
Have you always struggled with writing? Do you ever feel that you do not know what is to be included, and what is not?
Do you think you run short of ideas when you write essays? Do you want to know the method of writing paragraphs that you can apply in each paragraph?
If the answer to all of the above questions is yes, then this post is for you.
In this post, I am going to give you a template, or a sample, which can be replicated every time you write your paragraphs or essays.
So, without any further wait, let’s get started.
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Template for Paragraphs
First Sentence: What you want to write about
Second Sentence: What is your opinion on that thing, event or concept
Third sentence: Explain the reason for your opinion or why you think so.
Fourth sentence: Give any evidence (facts, figures, quotation etc.)
Fifth sentence: Give the sentence that summarises or ends your opinion
Sixth Sentence (optional): Give a hint for the next sentence
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So, the paragraph is a piece of writing that consists of two or more than two sentences, revolving around a single idea, that is in proper order and is coherent.
In my opinion, an ideal paragraph should be around 5-7 sentences, not more than that.
Although in blog writing, this rule is not followed because of the technicalities, in the formal writings, however, you can not write single sentences and expect the checker to be generous in giving the score.
After explaining the six sentences, I will also write a sample paragraph and show you an example of how to use this template.
So, let us begin writing a paragraph.
The topic I am taking is “the impact of global warming on food production”. It is the part of an extended essay on “Global Warming and its causes, impacts and solutions”.
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First Sentence:
The first sentence should always begin a new point or argument. It would be best if you never carried an idea into the new paragraph because every paragraph is about a single idea. If you must write a new paragraph, then ensure to make it revolve around any other point.
In this sentence, you will introduce the topic of the new paragraph. For example
“The rise in global warming has caused severe food shortages, and has increased food insecurity in several countries over the world.”
Now, if you look at this sentence, it is the first sentence, and it states what you want to write about in the following paragraph.
Second Sentence:
The second sentence will be about your viewpoint on the topic. How should a viewpoint be formed? Just by asking a few simple questions from your first sentence. Why? How?
Now, look at the second sentence.
“These food shortages and deficits are the direct results of the lack of water availability, conversion of fertile land into arid zones, change in climatic patterns and the increase in the number of pests that destroy the crops over a particular area.”
Did you see, I just asked “how” from my first sentence, and I came up with this new sentence in which I have given the reasons of the food shortage which was an impact of global warming.
Third Sentence:
The third sentence would further explain my viewpoint on the impact of food shortage and insecurity.
“As a consequence, it leaves millions of people over the continents on the verge of disease and death due to malnutrition, stunting, hunger and poverty.”
This sentence further explains how food insecurity is harming people around the world.
Fourth sentence:
The fourth sentence will give evidence of your argument or viewpoint which will only lend credence to it. If you do not add the facts and figures, rest assured, your paragraph will remain an unimpressive collection of sweet-sounding words.
Your argument will gain credibility and hence marks only after it has been backed up by something concrete. It needs not to be very detailed; instead, any known and straightforward fact would do the needful.
For example:
According to the special report on climate change and land by the United Nations, if average global temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, the risk of food supply instabilities are projected to be very high.
Or
As per Mercy Corps, an international aid agency, One in every nine people goes to bed hungry each night, including 20 million people currently at risk of famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria.
Fifth Sentence:
This sentence would be the sentence that will close the argument. It would most probably be the last sentence and hence should feel like one.
How does it give a sense of closure? It does when we use appropriate linking words such as thus, in short, therefore, to sum up, hence etc.
For instance
Thus, the impact of global warming over the food chain is not only alarming but threatening the very fabric of humanity across the world.
Or
Hence, it shows that the non-availability of food is one of the significant impacts of global warming that puts millions of people at various health risks.
These two sentences aptly sum up the whole discussion and simultaneously give a sense of closure, i.e. it feels like the paragraph has closed.
Sixth Sentence (Optional):
You can opt to write this sentence or not, that would entirely be up to you. Most people do not use this sentence, but if used appropriately, one can add extra weight to writing. But this comes with consistent practice and reading.
This transition sentence which hints at the beginning of the new sentence would look something like this.
“But this is not the only concerning aspect of global warming.”
This sentence keeps the checker hooked on to your write up. He will get interested in what is coming next. After this sentence, you will end the sentence, and begin the new one, with another impact.
Similarly, if the solutions will follow the impacts, then this should be like this.
“However, there is a hope that if an appropriate strategy is formulated and followed by the comity of nations, then the impacts of global warming can be mitigated, if not reversed.”
And after this, you should start your solutions.
So, here is what the whole paragraph should look.
“The rise in global warming has caused severe food shortages and has increased food insecurity in several countries around the world. These food shortages and deficits are direct results of the lack of water availability, conversion of fertile land into arid zones, changes in climatic patterns and increase in the number of pests. As a consequence, it leaves millions of people on the verge of disease and death due to malnutrition, stunting, hunger and poverty. According to the special report on climate change and land by the United Nations, if average global temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, the risk of food supply instabilities are projected to be very high. Thus, the impact of global warming over the food chain is not only alarming but threatening the very fabric of humanity across the world. But this is not the only concerning aspect of global warming.”
Or
“The rise in global warming has caused severe food shortages and has increased food insecurity in several countries around the world. These food shortages and deficits are direct results of the lack of water availability, conversion of fertile land into arid zones, changes in climatic patterns and increase in the number of pests. As a consequence, it leaves millions of people on the verge of disease and death due to malnutrition, stunting, hunger and poverty. As per Mercy Corps, an international aid agency, One in every nine people goes to bed hungry each night, including 20 million people currently at risk of famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria. Hence, it shows that the non-availability of food is one of the significant impacts of global warming that puts millions of people at various health risks. However, there is a hope that if an appropriate strategy is formulated and followed by the comity of nations, then the impacts of global warming can be mitigated, if not reversed.
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With the help of this template, I am sure you will be able to write more and more paragraphs. The only thing you need is consistent practice.
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