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THEPARAGRAPH
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Theparagraphmaybedefinedasagroupofsearecloselyrelatedinthoughtandwhioonlydotheypreservethesequehedifferentpartsintoositionisdivided,buttheygiveaspiatterlikeraisinsinaplumpudding.Asolidpageofpriastefultothereader?ittaxestheeyeaowardsthewearinessofmonotony,butwhenitisbrokenupilosesmuchofitsheavihetlightcharm,asitwere,tocapturethereader.
Paragraphsarelikesteppihebedofashallowriver,whiablethefootpasseoskipwitheasefromoherusacross?butifthestooofarapartiospaaneisliabletomissthemarkandfallierauntilheisagaiafoothold.'Tisthesamewithwrittehereaderbymeansraphseasilypassfromoiohoughttoanotherandkeepuphisihesubjetilhegetstotheend.
Throughouttheparagraphtheremustbesomeihematterundersideratioendenstahesameparagraphwemustnotspeakofahouseonfireandarunawayhorseuhereissomebetweewo.Wemustively:
&quedwithfiersity,iebuildinginashorttime.""Thehorsethtandwildlydasheddoweririansiions."Thesetwosentenoandthereforeshouldoccupyseparateanddistiwhenwesay—&quedwithfiersityiebuildinginashorttimeaakingfrightattheflamesdashedwildlydoweririansiions,"—thereisanaturalsequehehfrightasaceoftheflamesawoexpressionsarebinedinraph.
Asinthecaseofwordsihemostimportantplaaparagrapharethebeginningandtheend.Aglythefirstsehelastshouldbyvirtueoftheirstrudnervousforpelthereader'sattention.Itisusuallyadvisabletomakethefirstsehelastsentencemaybelongorshort,butihercaseshouldbeforcible.Theobjectofthefirstseateapoihelastsentenceshoulde.
Itisaofgoodwriterstomaketherapharestatementorterpartorapplioftheopening.
Inmostcasesaparagraphmayberegardedastheelaborationofthepriheleadingthoughtorideabetakenasanudarounditstructedthedifferentpartsraph.Anyonemakeatextforeverysimplesentencebyaskiioothesehus—&quavetheorder"—suggestsatoions?"Whatwastheorder?""towhomdidhegiveit?""whydidhegiveit?""whatwastheresult?"etc.Thesequestionsilldependupontheleadingoneaionofitintoapleteparagraph.
Ifweexamineanygraphweshallfinditmadeupofaems,eachofwhichhelpstoillustrate,ehoughtorpurposeraph.Alsothetransitioemtotheuralandobvious?theitemsseemtoselves.If,oherhainaparagraphoemswhiodireg,orifroceedreadilyfromitemtoitem,especiallyifweareobligedtetheitemsbeforeerceivetheirfullsigheifiedinpronoungtheparagraphstrufaulty.
Nospecificrulesbegivenastothestruraphs.Thebestadviceis,—Studycloselytheparagraphstructureofthebestwriters,foritishimitation,sciousorunsciousofthebestmodels,thatoertheart.
¶graphistintheEnglishlaheessayisMacaulay,thebestmodeltofollowfortheoratoricalstyleisEdmundBurkeaionandnarrationprobablythegreatestmasterraphistheAmeriith,Washingt.
Aparagraphisindiprintbywhatisknowiohatis,byengitaspatheleftmargin.
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