ClearTips: Powerful paragraphs

2. Make Your Points in Compelling Ways

Few writers consider how or where to make a point in a paragraph. Most express the point in the first sentence and support it in subsequent sentences with details and examples. While effective, this construction becomes less so when it is overused, and more so when alternated with other ways of making a point. Deciding how to make your point depends on the details, examples, and comments you have to support it.

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