For many years now I have been writing papers consisting of multiple paragraphs. It was not until this year that I was introduced the idea of an "I" to format paragraphs. Ms. Godwin used a great analogy to describe the flow of a paragraph. When riding in a car you normally do not hear any random sounds or feel any abnormal movements, but if a car is having problems then you might notice some differences when driving. While driving it may not feel as smooth referring to the rhythm. When writing you create a rhythm that will be used throughout the paragraph. It is easy to tell if a paragraph has rhythm or not by the way a paragraph reads.
In order to construct a well written paragraph is important to first make sure there is readability, which refers to the rhythm or flow of the paragraph. Next it is important to watch the sentence complexity. Using a subject, verb, and object were acceptable in grade school, but now it is time to combine sentences using fanboys. It is also important to watch out for redundancy. No one enjoys reading repeated information over and over in a single paper. Economy of phrases is a phrase used to give notice to a writer that they should get rid of extra words that add clutter to a sentence.
When writing a paper an individual commonly feels that it is necessary to add in complex words to make a paper sound sophisticated. Often times adding these complex words makes a paper seem like in order to read it a dictionary will be necessary. After the sentences are finished it is then time to order the sentences. Using the "I" shape that I talked about in the previous post the narrow part is used to explain stacking up. Lining up the sentences will ensure that the paragraph will have rhythm. A paper may have the capability of being great but because there is no pattern, combining of sentences, reducing of words, and proper order the paper may be misapprehended.
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