What is Paragraph?
[[File:Codex Guelferbytanus B 00404.JPG|thumb|250px|This fragment of a 5th-century Bible shows the text was paragraphed]] [[File:Pilcrow.svg|thumb|100px|A symbol sometimes used to show where a paragraph begins]] A paragraph is a collection of words strung together to make a longer unit than a [[sentence]]. Several sentences often make a paragraph. Normally there are 20 to 50 sentences in a paragraph. Paragraphs can start with a five-space indentation or by skipping a line and then starting over. This makes it simpler to tell when one paragraph ends and the next starts simply it has 3-9 lines. A topic phrase appears in most ordered types of writing, such as [[Essay|essays]]. This paragraph's topic sentence informs the reader about the topic of the paragraph. In most essays, numerous paragraphs make statements to support a thesis statement, which is the essay's fundamental point. Paragraphs may signal when the writer changes topics. Each paragraph may have a number of sentences, depending on the topic. A [[pilcrow]] mark (¶) is sometimes used to show where a paragraph begins. [[Category:Grammar]] [[Category:Typography]] [[Category:Writing]]