WEEK THREE
TOPIC: PARAGRAPHING
A paragraphing is a part of a document or a group of sentences which deals with a particular idea.
TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS
There are three different types of paragraphs:
1. BLOCKED PARAGRAPH: All lines including the first line of the paragraph begin from the left margin e.g. business or official letter.
2. INDENTED PARAGRAPH: The first line begins after five space (pica) six spaces for elite from the left.
3. HANGING PARAGRAPH: This is one in which the first line of each paragraph begins three spaces of the left of the subsequent lines. With this method, typing can be on single line spacing as well as double line spacing. E.g. legal matters, poem, drama.
Assignment:
- Define paragraphing
- Explain the following term with the format
- Blocked paragraph
- Hanging paragraph
- Indented paragraph