G'day mate. How's it going? Today, I'm going to be touching on how to write a clear paragraph in English. Without further ado, let's get to it.
First of all, you need to know how paragraph works. In other words, you should understand what the key components of writing a paragraph are: namely, a thesis statement, the reason, the evidence or example to back up your thesis statement, and the mini conclusion. As some of you guys probably know well, the first sentence for your paragraph "a thesis statement" is critical. A thesis statement is the overall picture of what you want to argue or what your idea pertaining to your entire essay's main argument is. For instance, when you are talking about environmental issues such as air pollution, you want to discuss some of the key issues facing our global society, one of which will be your thesis statement. Then, give us a reason for it. You need to tell us why your thesis statement is still a relevant moot point. After giving your reason, your readers need to be certain, as evidenced by your piece of sentence. It doesn't have to be too complicated, but you just ought to give us a simple but explicit evidence to back up your thesis statement. And, you're nearly there. What you should be writing is your mini conclusion, which has to be the overall summary including your opinion, reason, evidence/example for supporting your thesis statement. And also, it has to be linked to your next paragraph.
Does this sound hard, tricky or daunting? No no absolutely not at all, mate. Although this looks hard, tricky or daunting, I reckon writing a paragraph is fairly straightforward. Don't think too much. This is also like speaking as I always emphasise the importance of how instantaneously you could produce grammatically correct and structurally simple sentences, which is why I reckon written work could only be improved and developed whereby you practise talking to yourself in English all the time when you're free. Writing per se isn't necessarily working well if you're not practising speaking at all, or if you're not good at speaking, both of which adversely affect your writing skills. So, when you're speaking, you're subconsciously following the same ways like writing a paragraph. The distinct difference is just a tone or level of formality, right? Such as vocabulary, the length and complexity of sentences as well as phrases. But, to be honest, pretty much everything would be the same unless you're required to write an academic essay. The simpler you can write a paragraph, the easier you'll be able to proofread and understand yourself, and apparently the less stressful your readers can follow your paragraph.
My motto: Striking the balance between simplicity and complexity makes your writing life so much easier.
Good luck with your writing! Thanks for reading my blog. Chao.