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Title: What is paragraph structure?
Text: The structure of a paragraph consists of a topic sentence, supportive sentences, and the words, phrases, or additional sentences that connect these ideas together.
Title: Why does paragraph sturcture matter?
Text: A sound structure within a paragraph helps the writer to recognize when his or her work is complete—when the work of writing a solid, clear paragraph is finished.
Title: How does paragraph structure work?
Text: A paragraph is structured around the development of a main idea. The structure of a paragraph states and develops this main idea with the help of connective transitional words.


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