In the most abstract sense, the function of an introductory paragraph is to move the reader from the world of daily life into the textual and analytical space of an essay. In a more concrete sense, an ...

Charlotte: As a florist, we have to write quite a lot of letters to clients, and so, for example, this one I've divided the letter into three paragraphs. So the first section we have discussing ...

Like the conclusion to the essay as a whole, the final sentence of a paragraph is a chance to sum up and solidify for your reader that your paragraph has established the claim it set out to. A ...