paragraph

Everyday

A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a new line, often indented. tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons, pupils learn that each paragraph has a topic sentence and starts a new idea, time, place or speaker. In stories, a new paragraph begins when a new character speaks. Phrases: "opening paragraph", "new paragraph", "topic sentence".

Examples

• Start a new paragraph for each new idea. tree →
• The first paragraph should grab the reader's attention. tree →
• Read the second paragraph again. tree →
• When someone new speaks, start a new paragraph. tree →
• My story has five paragraphs. tree →
• Underline the topic sentence of the paragraph. tree →
• He read the paragraph to them, and added, ‘I wonder, now, whether that could be your bull-calf Peter?’ tree →

Note

Countable. Spelled with "ph" sounding like f: para-graph. A paragraph is usually several sentences, longer than one sentence but shorter than a chapter.

In Jewish tradition

In English lessons, pupils learn that each paragraph has a topic sentence and starts a new idea, time, place or speaker. In stories, a new paragraph begins when a new character speaks. Phrases: "opening paragraph", "new paragraph", "topic sentence".

Examples

• This idea is then symbolically explained in the next paragraph. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• [paragraph continues] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• 44) This whole paragraph is an interpolation of an unknown hand, as it can be easily proved. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Countable. Spelled with "ph" sounding like f: para-graph. A paragraph is usually several sentences, longer than one sentence but shorter than a chapter.