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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

What is an open paragraph?

What is the difference beteen an open paragraph, a balacned paragraph, and an end-stopped paragraph?
  

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Hi, Have a look here. com/items/638456-tips-for-increasing-reading-comprehension-for-college-students/print I n particular, where it says Topic sentences, however, are not always placed at the start of each paragraph. When they are, they create what are known as loose or open paragraphs.

  • Hi, Have a look here.
  • com/items/638456-tips-for-increasing-reading-comprehension-for-college-students/print I n particular, where it says Topic sentences, however, are not always placed at the start of each paragraph.
  • When they are, they create what are known as loose or open paragraphs.
  • Topic sentences can also be found in the middle (which creates what is known as a balanced paragraph) and they can be found as the last sentence of a paragraph (which creates an end-stopped paragraph).
  • So another technique which students found useful was to ask themselves the question: Is the paragraph I am going to read an OPEN, BALANCED OR END-STOPPED one?
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