Early in their educational careers, students are taught to write introductory paragraphs that start by them introducing themselves and then merely spelling out what they mean to suggest quite ...

Students have been assigned to post on our online course manager the introductory paragraphs for an upcoming essay assignment that asks them to use a theoretical article to compare two literary texts.

Extended "discourse," such as class presentations or essays written as school assignments, has a particular structure arising from particular expectations and standards. Such structure, expectations, ...

Recently, on a listserv in my field known for being welcoming to outsiders and newcomers but also for being rife with discussions that quickly turn ridiculous, a thread on cover letters followed the ...

You can mix column with paragraph formats in the same document by simply changing the column format. For example, you may want to have your document open with an introductory paragraph or two, while ...

What’s so interesting about a paragraph?, you might say. Ah yes, the humble paragraph… but what more is it other than a combination of sentences that convey some form of idea unit? If you ask me, it’s ...