Five Part Paragraphs

     To write a quality 5-part-paragraph, a writer needs to do many things. Two of the most important, and most commonly forgotten, are to really think about the topic of the paragraph and to pay attention to the rubric. Many of the paragraphs that have been read in class suffer because the topic of the paragraph is too broad, the concrete details do not relate to the topic sentence, or the topic does not present enough material to work with. All of these problems relate to an insufficient amount of thought being put into the creation of the topic. Many people try to write based on the first topic that comes into their head. Although occasionally this may be effective, most often the best idea is not the first one, but the third, fifth, or even eighth topic that they think of. In addition to this, many of the remaining errors simply relate to the rubric itself. Some people forget a transition, or add a bit of extra information in their conclusion, or have too much commentary. All of these problems can be solved by simply checking the paragraph against the checklist for disparities. The errors become simple to fix in this way.

     In my own case, I probably need to check my paragraph for simple errors a bit more as well as ensure that my topic is completely cohesive. At first, my current 5-part-paragraph jumped between several points sporadically, not emphasizing any of them. In the future, I must try and keep my paragraph on a single, apparent idea, therefore bypassing this problem. Also, several of the problems with my paragraph, such as a few punctuation errors, could have been fixed just by checking the paragraph thoroughly. These errors are really unnecessary. With a few careful changes, I can significantly improve my 5-part-paragraph.