How do you develop a paragraph by using explanation?

Answer 1

Classification means grouping things based on similarity.

Write down your topics. List each reason why the topics belong in whatever group you have chosen.

Make each reason into a complete sentence, and you have your paragraph!

Example: The question "How do you develop a paragraph by using classification?" belongs in the topic "Paragraph Development." This group of questions explains how paragraphs are composed. This question explains how to make a paragraph by using classification. This question also shows you how to use a specific method to compose your paragraph. Therefore, this is the best category for the question.

Division means dividing a group into parts.

Write down your topic. List each thing that belongs in that category.

Make each part of your list into a complete sentence, and you have your paragraph!

Example: WikiAnswers is composed of many categories. The first category is Animal Life. You also have Business and Finanace, and Cars and Vehicles. Another category is Entertainment and Arts. Food and Cooking is a category as well. Health has it's own category, as well as History and Politics and Society. There is a category for Home and Garden, and a Humor and Amusement Corner. Another category is Jobs and Education. Law and Legal Issues is next, followed by Literature and Language. You can find a category about Relationships and Religion and Spirituality here. You can also find Science, Shopping, and Sports categories. There are categories for Technology and for Travel. There is even a WikiAnswers Local category for questions about your local area! And, of course, WikiAnswers has a category called Miscellaneous.

Answer 2

You use process to describe how something works, or how a sequence of events happens.


Example: Finding an answer to a question on WikiAnswers is easy! Log onto the website by giving your user ID and password. Then, type your question into the "Ask" box at the top of the page. If your question is similar to another question that has already been asked, you will either see one question and answer appear on the page, or you will see a list of possible questions. Click on the question that is closest to your question if you think that one is pretty much what you have asked. If none of the questions seems to be what you want to know, then click on the "Ask Question" box at the bottom. Choose a category for your question based on what the question is about - NOT what you want out of the question. Now, you have successfully asked a question on WikiAnswers!

A process is a series, a sequence, an orderly progression. One step or event follows another: first this, then that, then something else.

You generally write a Process paragraph to accomplish one of two tasks

1. To describe how to make or do something
2. To describe how something works
   

Tips in Writing a Process Paragraph

• Follow strict chronological (time) order (but try to make it as interesting as possible)
• If you are describing how to do something, indicate any special needs before you describe step one
• Be sure you complete the process (don't leave out any steps)
• Try to anticipate any difficulties and tell the reader what might be done to make the job more pleasant
  
• Tell the reader what to do if something goes wrong
  
• Define any unfamiliar terms

Outline of a Process Paragraph

Topic Sentence

• Names the process
  
• Indicates the reason(s) someone should be interested in knowing about this process
  

Body Sentences

• Present the steps of the process in a clear manner and in sequential order
• Contain transitional expressions to illustrate the sequence and to add interest (so that the paragraph doesn't sound like a mere laundry list)
  

Concluding Sentence

• May congratulate the reader on now being able to do something new
• OR Reaffirm the significance of understanding the process
• OR Summarize the results of the process

Answer 3

The first step in developing a paragraph by classification is to identify the group that is going to be classified in the introduction. Include some informational details about the subject as well.

Answer 4

Write down your topic. Make a list under this of everything you can think of which describes that topic.

Use all of your senses, not just sight - write how it sounds, how it feels, and how it smells!

Make each description into a complete sentence and you have your paragraph!

More from our Wiki Contributors:

• Description is not what you saw, but what readers need to see in order to imagine the scene, person, object, etc.
• Description requires you to record a series of detailed observations. Be especially careful to make real observations.
• The success of a description lies in the difference between what a reader can imagine and what you actually saw and recorded; from that gap arises a spark of engagement.
  
• Use sensory language. Go light on adjectives and adverbs. Look for ways to describe action. Pay special attention to the sound and rhythm of words; use these when you can.
  
• Think that your language is not so much describing a thing as describing a frame around the thing--a frame so vivid that your reader can pour his or her imagination into it and "see" the thing--even though you never showed it. Portray. Also evoke.
  
• The key problem in description is to avoid being static or flat. Adopt a strategy that makes your description into a little story: move from far to near, left to right, old to new, or, as in this example, down a river, to give your description a natural flow.
  
• Think of description as a little narrative in which the visual characteristics unfold in a natural, interesting, dramatic order. Think of what pieces readers need, in what order, to construct a scene. Try making the description a little dramatic revelation, like watching an actor put on a costume--where you cannot decipher what the costume means until many of the parts are in place.
  
• Never tease readers or withhold descriptive detail, unless for some strange reason that is the nature of your writing. Lay it out. Give your description away as generously as the world gives away sights. Let it show as transparently as seeing.
  
• The cognitive difficulty in description is simple: People see all-at-once. But they read sequentially, one-part-at-the-time, in a series of pieces. Choose the pieces. Sequence them so they add up. Think: Readers first read this, now this, now this; what do they need next?
  
• Remember, you never just describe something: The description is always part of a larger point. Use the description to make your point, or to move your story along.

Answer 5

A classification paragraph is one in which you group things into categories.

You will need to use descriptive vocabulary, definitions and comparisons, and multiple contexts to group the ideas or things.

Here are some examples of "grouping" words you might think about:

• ___ is a kind of ___
• ___ can be divided into ___
• ___ is a type of ___
• ___ can be put into ___
  
• ___ falls under ___
• ___ is separated into ___
  
• ___ belongs to ___
• ___ is a part of ___
• ___ can be grouped into ___
• ___is related to ___
  

Answer 6

First, look up your word or term. You cannot guess on this one!

Next, write each definition as a complete sentence. Put the sentences in some sort of order so that they make sense, and there's your paragraph!

Example: Definition means giving all the meanings of a word or term. Definition can be a noun indicating that meaning, such as "the definition of a word." A definition also means a formal proclamation of the Roman Catholic church. Definition can mean a statement expressing the essential nature of something. Another meaning of definition is the action or power of describing, explaining, or making something definite and clear. Definition can refer to the clarity of visual presentation or the distinctness of outline and detail, such as "improving the definition of an image." Definition also means clarity of sound, especially of musical sound, in reproduction.

Answer 7

A process paragraph explains how something works or how an event occurs.

Write your topic, and list every step in the process. Look up facts if you need to!

Make each step a complete sentence, and you have your paragraph!

Example: Answering a question on WikiAnswers is easy! First, you sign onto the website using your identification and password. Then, look up a question using the "Ask" bar - or you can just browse the categories and see which questions you like! Click on the "Answer Question" button below the question and type your answer into the blank box. You can spell check your answer, too! Then, click the "Save" button and you have answered a question.

Answer 8

Explanation means telling more about something.

Write your topic down, and list everything you can think of which will help your reader to understand that topic. Look up facts if you need to!

Write each explanation as a complete sentence, and you have your paragraph!

For Example: Explanation means telling more about something. Write your topic down. This means write down the main idea or theme of your paragraph. Then, list everything you can think of which will help your reader to understand that topic. Look up facts if you need to! You can use a dictionary, encyclopedia, or online search engine to find facts. Write each explanation as a complete sentence, with a subject and predicate, good grammar and spelling, and you have your paragraph!