Paragraphs are more than just a collection of sentences. A good paragraph organises those sentences into a group that communicates an idea. Written well, paragraphs provide a framework to your assignment and help the reader follow the information you want to convey. In Crafting Successful Paragraphs we focus on the different functions paragraphs can have, how to organise them, and how to ensure they link together.
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Any piece of academic writing needs to be divided into paragraphs in a meaningful way. This workshop will explore the key components of the 3 basic paragraph types; the introduction, the main body and the conclusion in order to provide a framework which you can use to structure any written work.
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First impressions are so important and your introduction needs to work very hard to fire your reader’s interest. This workshop will look at the key conventions of an academic introduction and how you can ensure a good start to your essays.
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Each main body paragraph needs a topic sentence to define the focus which is then developed in a series of supporting details which are clearly and fluently linked with each other. This workshop will give you practice in the skills necessary to write a cohesive paragraph which follows on from the previous paragraph and leads naturally into the next one.
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Poor concluding paragraphs just repeat the writer’s main ideas. This workshop will explore the structures and academic conventions you can use to write conclusions that effectively show your reader how your essay has answered the questions it presented at the beginning.
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