Structural Component. Example Introductory Paragraph. Opener. Dublin is such a small city: everyone knows everyone else's business. Shared Context. This is Doran’s lament, one of many such laments in ...

Business documents -- such as letters, emails, memorandums and reports -- use paragraphs to separate different types of information, arguments and ideas. Paragraphs written in business format are stru ...

Each individual argument <topic sentence of each argument paragraph> should be supported by a set of examples. The examples must not be too narrow or too broad. For example, the author cannot move ...

For every paragraph: In one column, write the main point (or points) in a few words or sentences. In the other column, write what each paragraph is doing—for example, argument/claim/thesis, context, ...

You can see from the example how the use of a connective can help the argument to flow smoothly and seemingly logically: '…in town; however, to take away a green space…'.

In these paragraphs, the writer will show support of his/her thesis and make a compelling argument that builds as it goes, only to go broad again when he/she arrives at the concluding paragraph.