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THEPARAGRAPH

Theparagraphmaybedefinedasagroupofsearecloselyrelatedinthoughtandwhioonlydotheypreservethesequehedifferentpartsintoositionisdivided，buttheygiveaspiatterlikeraisinsinaplumpudding。Asolidpageofpriastefultothereader?ittaxestheeyeaowardsthewearinessofmonotony，butwhenitisbrokenupilosesmuchofitsheavihetlightcharm，asitwere，tocapturethereader。

Paragraphsarelikesteppihebedofashallowriver，whiablethefootpasseoskipwitheasefromoherusacross?butifthestooofarapartiospaaneisliabletomissthemarkandfallierauntilheisagaiafoothold。'Tisthesamewithwrittehereaderbymeansraphseasilypassfromoiohoughttoanotherandkeepuphisihesubjetilhegetstotheend。

Throughouttheparagraphtheremustbesomeihematterundersideratioendenstahesameparagraphwemustnotspeakofahouseonfireandarunawayhorseuhereissomebetweewo。Wemustively:

&quedwithfiersity，iebuildinginashorttime。""Thehorsethtandwildlydasheddoweririansiions。"Thesetwosentenoandthereforeshouldoccupyseparateanddistiwhenwesay—&quedwithfiersityiebuildinginashorttimeaakingfrightattheflamesdashedwildlydoweririansiions，"—thereisanaturalsequehehfrightasaceoftheflamesawoexpressionsarebinedinraph。

Asinthecaseofwordsihemostimportantplaaparagrapharethebeginningandtheend。Aglythefirstsehelastshouldbyvirtueoftheirstrudnervousforpelthereader'sattention。Itisusuallyadvisabletomakethefirstsehelastsentencemaybelongorshort，butihercaseshouldbeforcible。Theobjectofthefirstseateapoihelastsentenceshoulde。

Itisaofgoodwriterstomaketherapharestatementorterpartorapplioftheopening。

Inmostcasesaparagraphmayberegardedastheelaborationofthepriheleadingthoughtorideabetakenasanudarounditstructedthedifferentpartsraph。Anyonemakeatextforeverysimplesentencebyaskiioothesehus—&quavetheorder"—suggestsatoions?"Whatwastheorder?""towhomdidhegiveit?""whydidhegiveit?""whatwastheresult?"etc。Thesequestionsilldependupontheleadingoneaionofitintoapleteparagraph。

Ifweexamineanygraphweshallfinditmadeupofaems，eachofwhichhelpstoillustrate，ehoughtorpurposeraph。Alsothetransitioemtotheuralandobvious?theitemsseemtoselves。If，oherhainaparagraphoemswhiodireg，orifroceedreadilyfromitemtoitem，especiallyifweareobligedtetheitemsbeforeerceivetheirfullsigheifiedinpronoungtheparagraphstrufaulty。

Nospecificrulesbegivenastothestruraphs。Thebestadviceis，—Studycloselytheparagraphstructureofthebestwriters，foritishimitation，sciousorunsciousofthebestmodels，thatoertheart。

¶graphistintheEnglishlaheessayisMacaulay，thebestmodeltofollowfortheoratoricalstyleisEdmundBurkeaionandnarrationprobablythegreatestmasterraphistheAmeriith，Washingt。

Aparagraphisindiprintbywhatisknowiohatis，byengitaspatheleftmargin。