1. WRITING 1
3 PART OF PARAGRAPH
Nurafifah
Nurul Rachmawati
Indah Trisna
Nurlinda Rahma
Nurul Latifah
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH TANGERANG
2011-2012
2. What is a paragraph
Paragraph is a collection of related
sentences dealing with a single topic
A Paragraph should have three parts.
These are the topic sentence, the
supporting sentence and the concluding
sentence.
3. Most paragraphs have three parts :
1. The first part is the topic sentence
which states the main idea of the
paragraph.
2. The second part is the body of the
paragraph which supports the topic
sentence with details.
3. The last part is the concluding sentence
which restates the topic of the paragraph.
4. The topic sentence
The first part is the topic sentence which states the
main idea of the paragraph
It is normally the first sentence of the paragraph
It the overall point of paragraph
It helps the writer focus in the idea written about
It help to reader know about what the paragraph is all
about
5. The supporting
sentence
The second part is the body of the paragraph which
supports the topic sentence with details.
They are sentences used to support the main idea stated in
the topic sentence
They give more information about the main idea through
example
They say in details what the topic sentence say in general
6. The concluding
sentence
The last part is the concluding sentence which restates
the topic of the paragraph.
It is a reflection of the main idea pronounced in the topic
sentence
It is the closing sentence that reminds the readers of
what they have to value
to summarise and bring together the main areas covered
in the writing, which might be called “looking back”
7. There are three reasons
why Canada is one of the Topic sentence
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 Supporting sentence
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. Concluding sentence
