As a graduate student, I once drew a rather bad cartoon of an old schoolmarm (complete with Gary Larson-style beehive) standing in front of a class saying, “And when you finish your five-paragraph ...

Paragraph transition is the movement between paragraphs, specifically how effectively logical order and transitions/transitional devices are used. Arranging ...

Let’s just go ahead and kill the 5-paragraph essay at all levels, everywhere. Seriously. Let’s end it. We can have essays that happen to be 5-paragraphs long, but there shall be no more “5-paragraph ...

John Warner has read enough college student essays to diagnose what's wrong with the way Americans write. After 20 years teaching undergraduate writing courses, including a recent stint at the College ...

Reading and writing were always my favorite subjects when I was in school, and I can still remember when I was taught that a proper paragraph had five sentences in it. It was probably around fourth ...

The newly redesigned SAT is the latest example of the need for students to skillfully communicate evidence-based ideas across content areas. As part of an evolving process, I’ve found the following 10 ...

Class 10 Analytical Paragraph Format: CBSE Class 10 English Question Paper in Board Exam 2025 will have one question on analytical paragraph writing. This will be a 5 marks question in Section-B.