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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Lesson 11– Paragraph Structure

Organization

As you learned in Lesson 1, a paragraph is a group of related sentences that
develops one main idea, which is the topic of the paragraph. In this lesson,

you will study paragraph structure in detail.

Three parts

of a
A paragraph has three-part: a topic sentence, several supporting sentences a
paragraph
concluding sentence.

1. The topic sentence tells what topic the paragraph is going to discuss.
2. The supporting sentences give details about the topic.

3. The concluding sentence summarizes the main points or restates the
topic sentence in different words.

A paragraph is like a sandwich. The topic sentence and concluding sentences
are the two pieces of "bread" enclosing the "meat"-the supporting
sentences. A diagram of a paragraph looks like this:

TOPIC SENTENCE

SUPPORTING SENTENCE

CONCLUDING SENTENCE

The model paragraph that follows describes a typical wedding in Hawaii.
The people who live in the island state of Hawaii are from many different
ethnic groups. In Hawaii, Hawaiians, Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, Portuguese,
and haoles1 share their customs freely with one another. As you read the
model, notice the three parts of the paragraph.

MODEL A Hawaiian Wedding
Three Parts of
a Paragraph 1 The mix of cultures in Hawaii makes weddings there very special occasions.
2 Certainly, Hawaiian clothing, music, and other Hawaiian customs play a big
1
TOPIC SENTENCE

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