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Introduction

This is all about the paragraph. View the videos and complete the activities to improve your paragraph-writing skills. You can download Writing Effective Paragraphs, with detailed information that complements the videos, on the link below.

Writing Effective Paragraphs (PDF - 88.7KB)

Important! Before you start to view the videos, click here to download an example essay with annotations so that you can follow along when the time comes.

Click here to begin the tutorial.

Updated June 28, 2021 by Student Journey Squad (sjs@athabascau.ca)

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