This document discusses key aspects of effective paragraph writing such as developing communication and thinking skills, expressing ideas in an organized manner through unity and coherence, and properly developing the main topic idea with evidence and examples. Some common faults to avoid are nonsense or cliche introductions and lacking a clear topic sentence to establish the main point. Overall, the document provides guidance on writing paragraphs that logically explain complex positions or feedback in a clear way.

1. Paragraph
writing

2. Paragraph Writing
• Writing is an
essential job skill
• Builds your
ability to explain
complex
positions
• Develops
communication
and thinking
skills
• Helps give
others feedback
and helps others
give feedback to
you.
• Writing
expresses who
you are as a
person

3. • Organization
of the
paragraph
• VOCABULARY
CHOICE

4. Unity
• It means that
all the
sentences refer
to the main
idea, or the
topic of the
paragraph.
• Exercise 1: The original
student paper:
• I live in a flat with my family.
We have two bedrooms and a
living room. We have a
garden and we have some
flowers there. In weekdays I
arrive home at five o'clock
and I have lunch. Then I do
my homework and go to bed.
I had a computer but now it
doesn't work. I have a brother
and a sister and I think I am
very lucky to live with them.
Sometimes our relatives visit
us. Our flat becomes very
crowded sometimes but I like
it

5. coherence
• It means that
the sentences
should be
organized in a
logical manner
and should
follow a
definite plan
of
development.

7. Faulty Start
• A nonsense
sentence:
• E.g. I want to
talk about
friendship.
• 2. A cliché:
e.g. Friends plays a
great role in our
lives.
Friendship is a
very important
issue in today's
world.

8. Lack of Topic Sentence
• Topic sentence
is the main
idea, your
attitude, your
evaluation of
something.

9. Development of the ideas
• It means that
every idea
discussed in the
paragraph
should be
adequately
explained and
supported
through
evidence and
examples.