Because of its nuts-and-bolts approach to the subject, the preceding chapter must have given the impression that making paragraph transitions is simply a mechanical procedure, a matter of just tacking ...

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 ...

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, ...