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Organising ideas in a paragraph

Explore an sample paragraph to show how supporting sentences can be used to to reinforce the overall message conveyed in the paragraph leader.

In this video you will see how the sentences provided in the previous Step are correctly organised in the finished paragraph.

Did you get the sentences in the correct order?

Jonathan reviews this structure and explains how the writer uses supporting sentences to reinforce the overall message conveyed in the paragraph leader.

You can view the paragraphs from the video in this PDF document.

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