Assertion: paragraph's idea | /r/HasProperty | main
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text: Classification paragraphs start with a main idea, using the rest of the paragraph to explain a series of secondary ideas.
text: This topic sentence promises a paragraph that will develop the idea that there are three main qualities that the purpose statement should give the essay: focus, unity, and direction.
text: Lastly, an essay ends with a concluding paragraph that generally wraps up the main ideas in the essay, much like a concluding sentence in a paragraph.
text: It demonstrates the topic sentence, discusses one main idea (a poodle), and concludes without leaving any loose ends:
text: A paragraph is unified around this main idea, with the supporting sentences providing detail and discussion.
text: A paragraph develops ONE main idea through a series of related sentences.
text: The next three paragraphs are used to support the main idea.
text: It should support the main idea made throughout the essay.
text: Simply put, a paragraph should be as long or as short as it needs to be to develop a main idea.
text: Simply put, a paragraph should be as long or as short as it needs to be to develop a main idea.
text: in other words, any paragraph falling between the introduction and conclusion — should generally contain one main idea on which the writer elaborates.
text: Normally paragraphs contain one main idea and reading the first and last lines of the paragraph can help you understand this.
text: Choose one of the following topic sentences and write a paragraph that develops the main idea.
text: Just like paragraphs have main ideas, paragraphs build to make the main idea of an article.
text: You were probably taught that a paragraph should contain one main idea, and that you should begin each new or contrasting idea in a new paragraph.
text: Each paragraph should have one main idea only and the topic sentence tells the reader what this idea is.
text: A persuasive paragraph will be built around one main idea, like you are when writing a paragraph.
text: As pointed out by Neeld (1980), the "Topic Sentence Paragraph takes one main idea and develops it.