Examples

EXAMPLES

Now allow us to examine a couple of paragraphs by standard authors, in illustration of those principles of paragraph construction. 

1. “Hence it's that it's almost a definition of a gentleman to mention he's one who never inflicts pain. This description is both refined and as far because it goes, accurate. He's mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder the free and unembarrassed action of these about him; and he concurs with their movements instead of takes the initiative himself. His benefits could also be considered as a parallel to what is called comforts or conveniences in arrangements of private nature, like a simple chair or good fire, which do their part in dispelling cold and fatigue, though nature provides both means of rest and animal heat without them.” — J.E. Newman. 

This is a paragraph from Cardinal Newman's famous description of a “Gentleman” in his the thought of a University, Notice that the paragraph is confined to at least one point within the character of a gentleman, which is clearly stated within the first, or topical sentence viz., that “he is one who never inflicts pain.” the remainder of the paragraph is just a development and illustration of the topical sentence. And therefore, the reforge the concluding sentence drives home the statement of the topic with its similes of the straightforward chair and the good fire.

 2. “The Road is one among the good fundamental institutions of mankind. Not only is the Road one among the good human institutions because it's fundamental to social existence, bin also because its varied effects appear in every department of the State, it's the Road which determines the sites of many cities and therefore, the growth and nourishment of all. 

It's the Road which controls the event of strategies and fixes the sites of battles. It's the Road that provides framework to all or any economic development. it's the Road which is the channel of all trades, and, what's more important, of all ideas, In its most humble function. it is a necessary guide without which progress from place to put would be a ceaseless experiment; it's a sustenance without which organized society would be impossible, thus the Road moves and controls all history.” — Bellow. In this paragraph, the primary sentence states the topic. It's the topical sentence. The body of the paragraph consists of examples which prove the statement within the first sentence. The ultimate sentence sums up the entire. 

3. “Poetry is the language of the imagination, and therefore, the passions. It relates to whatever gives immediate pleasure or pain to A human mind. It comes home to the bosoms, and businesses of men; for nothing but what comes home to them within the most general and intelligible shape is often a topic of poetry. 

Poetry is the universal language which the guts holds with nature and itself. He who features a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself, or for love or money else. Wherever there's a way of beauty, or power, or harmony, as within the motion of a wave of the ocean, within the growth of a flower, there's poetry in its birth.” — William Hazlitt. 

Here again, the primary sentence is the topical sentence. The sentences that follow enforce or restate the statement that “poetry is the language of the imagination, and therefore, the reforge the passions”; and the concluding sentence reinforces it by showing that poetry exists wherever men feel a way of beauty, power or harmony. In all these paragraphs, the principles of Unity and Order are observed, and also the overall rules about the place of the topical sentences, and therefore, the rounding of the entire with an honest conclusion.