A paragraph is a text compounded by several sentences written consecutively, managing to address the same topic. In fact, what you are reading right now could be said to be a paragraph and it is the best example!
Now, remember that the letters form words, and words form sentences. That is, the sentences will form paragraphs. Remember that these texts always start with a capital letter and that if there is a period followed, it will again be a capital letter. A paragraph ends just when the idea has already been fully developed. Or simply because the topic has already finished.
Characteristics of a paragraph
We have explained simply what a paragraph is and its example, but what characteristics do they have, and how can you identify them? In general, these are the characteristics to recognize a paragraph:
Paragraphs always have the main idea and other secondary ideas. You’ll notice this because if you remove the topic sentence from the text, the rest won’t make sense.
Supporting sentences expand information, so they help you better understand an idea or topic.
The paragraphs have sentences that have coherence together. They even manage to have a link between the previous paragraph and the following paragraph; that is, they have a chronological order.
