The Basic Parts of A Paragraph
The Basic Parts of A Paragraph
The Basic Parts of A Paragraph
Topic Sentence
The topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about. It also helps you keep
your writing under control. This is why a topic sentence is sometimes called the "controlling idea" of
a paragraph. Below you will find a sample topic sentence and a simple formula for writing good topic
sentences:
Topic sentence: Mr. Brown must have been a drill sergeant before he became our gym
teacher.
Formula: A specific subject (Mr. Brown, our gym teacher) + a specific feeling or attitude
(must have been a drill sergeant before) = a good topic sentence.
Body
The body is the main part of the paragraph. This is where you tell the reader about your topic
by including specific details. All of the sentences in the body must relate to the specific topic
of the paragraph and help it come alive for the reader. That is, all of the sentences in the body
should contain details that make the topic more interesting or help explain it more clearly.
These sentences should be organized in the best possible order.
Concluding Remarks
The closing or clincher sentence comes after all the details have been included in the body of the
paragraph. The closing sentence reminds the reader what the topic of the paragraph is really all
about, what it means. For example, let's say the topic sentence of a paragraph is "Mr. Brown must
have been a drill sergeant before he became our gym teacher." A closing sentence for this paragraph
could be something like the following:
Closing sentence: I'm surprised that Mr. Brown doesn't make us march into the shower room
after each class.
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Sample Paragraph
My Dog Romeo is so much fun to play with. One reason he’s fun is
because he loves to play catch. What’s also fun is that he follows me around the
house with a toy and drops it on my foot, so I will kick it. Additionally, he can
catch just about anything, but his favorite thing to catch is a Frisbee. Finally, he
loves it when I pretend like I’m falling dead, and he runs over to lick me. All
these reasons show why I really have fun playing with Romeo.
Parts of a Paragraph
Topic Sentence
Example:
There are three reasons why Canada is one of the best countries in the world. First, Canada has an
excellent health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a reasonable price.
Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are taught by well-trained teachers and
are encouraged to continue studying at university. Finally, Canada's cities are clean and efficiently
managed. Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a result, Canada is
a desirable place to live.
Supporting Details
Example:
There are three reasons why Canada is one of the best countries in the world. First, Canada has an
excellent health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a reasonable price.
Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are taught by well-trained teachers and
are encouraged to continue studying at university. Finally, Canada's cities are clean and efficiently
managed. Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a result, Canada is
a desirable place to live.
Closing Sentence
Example:
There are three reasons why Canada is one of the best countries in the world. First, Canada has an
excellent health care system. All Canadians have access to medical services at a reasonable price.
Second, Canada has a high standard of education. Students are taught by well-trained teachers and
are encouraged to continue studying at university. Finally, Canada's cities are clean and efficiently
managed. Canadian cities have many parks and lots of space for people to live. As a result, Canada is
a desirable place to live
PARAGRAPHS
3. All sentences or supporting details are about one single topic. This is
called unity or the logical consistency of all the details in the paragraph.
In other words, all the sentences must refer to the main idea or the topic
of the paragraph. Sentences that do not adhere to the rest of the
sentences or do not belong in the paragraph are said to be irrelevant.
Irrelevant details, no matter how engaging, take a paragraph in many
different directions and destroy unity. Paragraphs should also be
coherent. Coherence means that the sentences should be organized in
a logical manner and should follow a definite plan of development.
A good paragraph should have three major structural parts as what have been clearly stated
by Oshima and Hogue (1983:3) as follows:
1. Topic Sentence
Topic sentence is sentence which states the main idea of the paragraph. Topic sentence not
only states the topic of the paragraph but also controls or limits the topic so that it can be
discussed completely in the space of single paragraph. Topic sentence, therefore, can be
further divided into two:
- Topic Idea
- Controlling Idea
2. Supporting Sentences
Supporting Sentences are sentences that develop topic sentence or main idea. They explain
the topic sentence by giving reasons, examples, facts, and statistics, quotations, etc.
3. Concluding Sentence
Concluding Sentence is a sentence in which the writer concludes the paragraph in order to
give the reader with important points to note.
Instead of having these three major structural parts, a good paragraph should also possess two
additional elements:
Unity
Unity means that all of the supporting sentences develop or discuss the main idea stated in the
topic sentence of the paragraph.
Coherence
Coherence means that the paragraph is easy to read and understand because supporting
sentences are organized in logical order and the use of appropriate transition signals.
Assalamualaikum wr wb.
I thank to God for having given health so I am able to stand on this pulpit in order to convey
an important message.
One of the important things in our lives is health. Health is invaluable thing and the biggest
asset to create a much better life. Without health, there are many activities we are unable to
perform. A life without health is only like the tree with just a little water supply.
Health is divided into two things: physical health and spiritual health. Those two types of
health must have a balance. If one is damaged, then the person cannot be said to be healthy as
a whole.
Maintaining physical and mental health can be done through a variety of ways. First, of
course, you are advised to exercise. You can jog 30 minutes a day, eating nutritious food, and
taking an enough rest.
Meanwhile, to improve the quality of mental health, you are advised to maintain the
communication with other people and families continuously. Yoga exercise is also able to
provide for your mental comfort. You can do yoga once a week to get the mind and mental
health better.
We all know that Indonesia is currently experiencing the changes of climate rapidly. This
situation makes the weather around us are capable of spreading virus of diseases that we must
always be vigilant. The virus of dengue fever, cough, and runny nose can suddenly attack our
bodies.
Therefore, you should continue to maintain the cleanliness of your residence and use a mask
when leaving the house. You are also advised to improve the quality of the immune system by
taking vitamins to maintain health.
Health is the most important part in life. I urge you to maintain the health as good as possible
because prevention is better than medicating.
Arti:
Assalamualaikum wr wb.
Saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Tuhan karena telah diberikan kesehatan untuk
mampu berdiri di mimbar ini dalam rangka menyampaikan sebuah pesan penting.
Hadirin..
Salah satu hal yang penting di dalam kehidupan kita adalah kesehatan. Kesehatan adalah
harga yang tidak ternilai serta merupakan modal untuk menciptakan kehidupan yang jauh
lebih baik. Tanpa kesehatan, maka banyak aktivitas tidak mampu kita laksanakan. Sebuah
kehidupan tanpa kesehatan sama dengan pohon yang hanya mendapatkan sedikit air.
Hadirin..
Kesehatan terbagi ke dalam dua hal yaitu kesehatan tubuh dan kesehatan spiritual. Dua jenis
kesehatan ini harus mempunyai keseimbangan. Jika salah satu mengalami kerusakan, maka
seseorang tidak bisa dikatakan sehat secara utuh.
Menjaga kesehatan tubuh dan mental dapat dilakukan melalui beragam cara. Pertama, tentu
saja Anda disarankan untuk berolahraga. Anda bisa jogging sebanyak 30 menit setiap hari,
mengkonsumsi makanan yang bergizi, serta beristirahat dengan cukup.
Sedangkan, untuk meningkatkan kualitas kesehatan mental, Anda disarankan untuk terus
menjaga komunikasi dengan orang lain dan keluarga. Olahraga Yoga juga mampu
memberikan kenyamanan mental bagi Anda. Anda bisa melakukan Yoga satu minggu sekali
untuk mendapatkan kesehatan pikiran dan jiwa yang lebih baik.
Hadirin..
Kita semua tahu bahwa Indonesia saat ini mengalami pergantian iklim yang begitu cepat.
Situasi ini membuat cuaca yang ada di sekitar kita mampu menyebarkan virus penyakit
sehingga kita harus selalu waspada. Virus demam berdarah, batuk, dan pilek dapat menyerang
tubuh kita secara tiba-tiba.
Oleh karena itu, Anda sebaiknya terus menjaga kebersihan tempat tinggal serta menggunakan
masker apabila meninggalkan rumah. Anda juga disarankan untuk meningkatkan kualitas
daya tahan tubuh dengan mengkonsumsi vitamin untuk menjaga kesehatan.
Hadirin..
Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb
First of all, let’s say all the praise and gratitude to Allah Swt due to all of His blessing, mercy,
and guidance upon all of us. Shalawat and salam may everlastingly be upon our Great
Prophet Muhammad Saw who have led and guided us from dark into bright path.
To be healthy all the time then we must take care of our health as best as we can. The way we
can do from now on is to get used to run a healthy lifestyle in our daily routine.
To all the
ladies, gentlemen, and audience I respect,
Preventing is much better than medicating. We have ever heard many cases that people spent
some of their wealth just to cure their sickness, like heart disease, cancer they were suffering.
However, health is indeed costly. No matter how much the money we have spent to cure the
serious sickness, even tough it is cured, we could never regain our health condition just like
the first time before we have the sickness. The best way to be kept away from various chronic
sicknesses is by preventing the sicknesses to come. One of the best ways is by getting used to
live a healthy lifestyle.
What is the consequence by not doing healthy lifestyle? It could cause numerous sicknesses,
such as heart diseases, hypertension, stroke, cancers, diabetes, chronic lung disease, obesity,
osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and many more.
All of these sicknesses are caused by three main factors, namely smoking, lack of physical
activities and consuming fibrous meals. Therefore, to prevent all those illnesses we need to
run a healthy lifestyle everyday.
Wassalamu’alaikum wr.wb
Pertama-tama marilah kita panjatkan puji syukur kehadirat Allah SWT yang
telah melimpahkan segala rohmat, taufiq, dan hidayahnya kepada kita
sekalian.
Siapapun tentu tidak mau mengalami sakit. Sehat senantiasa kita harapkan
setiap hari. Dengan sehat maka kita bisa mencari nafkah untuk kehidupan
kita sehari-hari. Dengan badan kita sehat maka kita bisa melakukan segala
aktifitas sehari-hari.
Kita tahu bahwa ketika sakit maka tidak hanya badan sendiri saja yang
merasakan. Istri kita ikut sibuk mengurus kita, anak kita terlantar dan tidak
terperhatikan, dan tentu akan membutuhkan uang yang cukup banyak untuk
berobat.
Agar kita senantiasa sehat maka kita harus menjaga kesehatan kita
semaksimal mungkin. Cara yang bisa kita lakukan mulai dari sekarang
adalah marilah kita biasakan gaya hidup sehat dalam keseharian kita.
Tentu harus kita pahami terlebih dahulu Apa itu gaya hidup sehat ?
Gaya hidup sehat adalah kebiasaan seseorang untuk menerapkan hidup sehat
dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dan menghindari kebiasaan buruk yang
menganggu kesehatan.
Semua ini disebabkan oleh tiga faktor risiko utama, yaitu merokok,
kurangnya melakukakan aktifitas fisik dan kurang makan-makanan yang
berserat. untuk mencegahnya Gaya Hidup Sehat harus kita terapkan setiap
hari.
3. Tidak Merokok
Inilah uraian yang bisa saya sampaikan pada kesempatan ini, semoga mulai
dari sekarang kita bisa menjaga diri kita dan keluarga dari serangan
penyakit dengan membiasakan gaya hidup sehat.
Semoga apa yang saya sampaikan ada manfaatnya buat semua. Mohon maaf
jika ada kata-kata yang kurang berkenan.
Assalamu alaikum wr. wb.