Paragraph Writing Examples: How to be a Great Writer

Knowing how to write a paragraph is incredibly important. It’s a basic aspect of writing, and it is something that everyone should know how to do. There is a specific structure that you have to follow when you’re writing a paragraph. This structure helps make it easier for the reader to understand what is going on. Through writing good paragraphs, a person can communicate a lot better through their writing.

When you want to write a paragraph, most of the time you should start off by coming up with an idea. After you have your idea or topic, you can start thinking about different things you can do to expand upon that idea. You should only finish the paragraph when you’ve finished covering everything you want about that idea.

There are a few helpful tips and tricks you can learn to help you write a paragraph. The examples below are a great way for you to see how a paragraph is written and the structure that they follow. You can also take courses to teach you how to write proper paragraphs. The Udemy course, Quality Paragraph and Essay Writing, does just as the name suggests and it teaches you how to writing a great paragraph for your essays.

Paragraph Structure

The paragraphs that you write must follow a very specific structure. As mentioned before, you have to come up with the topic that you want to write about and then choose a topic sentence.

For example, say you wanted to write a paragraph about dogs. The first thing you would do is write a topic sentence, such as, “When it comes to animals, dogs are a great pet.” Now you have a topic, which is not just dogs, but talking about what makes dogs a great pet.

After you’ve come up with your topic sentence, you will then have to write three to five sentences that help you explain your fact. For example, in the paragraph about dogs, you may want to write about the different things people do with dogs as their pet. The following sentences would be great for a paragraph about dogs.

• Dogs can help both elderly people and children with their daily life.
• Because dogs are so active, they can be great buddies for exercise.
• There are many different dogs from the really big to the small ones.
• You can train your dog yourself or send it to school in order to make it obedient.

The above four statements help explain why dogs are great pets. Separately they work as great sentences, but since they share a common topic in regards to dogs being pets, they can come together to make a paragraph.

After you’re done with the sentences to expand on your topic, you have to come up with a conclusion. A simple conclusion for a paragraph helps restate the claim you made in your topic sentence.

• Dogs are loyal and reliable animals that people have kept as pets for hundreds of years.

Now you’ve concluded the paragraph and all you have to do is bring it all together. This is how the paragraph would look once you linked all the statements.

“When it comes to animals, dogs are great pets. Dogs can help both elderly people and children with their daily life. Because dogs are so active, they can be great buddies for exercise. There are many different dogs from the really big to the small ones. You can train your dog yourself or send it to school in order to make it obedient. Dogs are loyal and reliable animals that people have had as pets for hundreds of years.”

The above paragraph is a simple example of what a basic paragraph consists. You have the topic sentence to introduce the person to what you’re talking about, and then you have the body of the paragraph, which features the facts and information you have about your topic. After that all you have to do is write a conclusion, which is just restating your topic and the paragraph is finished.

If you think it’s too complicated, you can get a little help. The Udemy course Learn Plain Writing Today, teaches you how to write basic statements, paragraphs, and make your work look professional.

Things to Avoid When Writing Paragraphs

Now that you know how a paragraph is written, you may believe that you can write great ones with ease. That may be the case, but there are a few mistakes that a lot of people make when they are new to writing paragraphs.

One big mistake people tend to make is adding sentences to the paragraph that aren’t related. This can be a big problem in your writing as it makes it look confusing and the work loses focus. Look at the paragraph below and notice how some of the sentences don’t seem like they belong in paragraph.

“California is a great state to live in. Not only is California very large, but there are many people who live in it. You can find different types of jobs in California. I want to be a firefighter. California has really amazing weather. The weather in New York is good too, but it snows a lot there. If you want to live in a great state, you should think about moving to California.

The paragraph starts off with the topic about California and it being a great place to live in. The following sentences in the paragraph should then help expand on the topic and explain to the reader why California is such a great place, but instead it seems to lose focus at certain points.

For example, the statement about the weather in New York being good doesn’t really fit in this paragraph. If the paragraph were talking about the weather in different states or if it were discussing how great the weather in California is compared to other states, then it would be more appropriate.

Another comment that doesn’t belong is the one about the writer wanting to be a firefighter. Although it does sound like it would fit since the writer is talking about jobs, the idea of the writer wanting to be a firefighter doesn’t help explain why California is a great state to live in. Not only is this statement not helpful to the paragraph, but it is also very distracting.

Whenever you’re writing a paragraph, it is always important to remember your topic and that your goal is to expand on your topic with your sentences.

No matter how difficult writing may be, you can learn writing techniques to become a great writer. Anyone can write, but it takes a lot of practice and hard work.

Once you get the hang of writing, you can even start exploring different styles and add a unique tone and flair to your work. The Udemy course Writing with Flair: How to Become an Exceptional Writer gives you the tools you need to write in a style that will draw people’s attention.

Becoming an Accomplished Writer 

Now that you know some of the basics of writing a paragraph you can explore different ways to link your paragraphs to write essays. You may even want to write articles or stories that can eventually get published. There’s no limit to the things you can do as a writer. You should take the Writing for Publicationcourse offered by Udemy, which tells you how you can potentially get your work published for the world to see