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Academic Writing - Education & CCSC students: Paragraphs

Resources to support Morling College Counselling, Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care, and Education students to understand and employ the conventions of academic writing appropriate to graduate and post-graduate levels of study.

Paragraphs

Paragraphs

Start a new paragraph for each new idea: "A new paragraph signals a shift to a new idea and provides a pause for readers--a chance to assimilate one step in the conceptual development before beginning another" (APA, 2020, p. 115). As a guide, a paragraph should contain three to eight sentences. 

Resources

Purdue University, On Paragraphs

Studiosity, How to structure paragraphs using the PEEL method

Reference

American Psychological Association (APA). (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). 

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