How to make a good paragraph

How to make a good paragraph

A paragraph is a basic unit of organization in writing in which a group of related sentence develops one main idea. But do you know how to make a good paragraph? Actually making a good paragraph is easy as long as you know the component of paragraph and follow these steps. First of all you should choose one topic. It’s better if you choose the topic that you’ve already knew before and you know it clearly. Why? Because it makes you easier in developing the main idea. Second, make an outline of a paragraph that consists of topic sentence, supporting details, and concluding sentence. Topic sentence is the states of main idea of a paragraph and it also limits the topic to one or two areas that can be discussed completely in the space of a single paragraph. Supporting detail develops the topic sentence and explains it by giving reasons, examples, facts, or statistics. Besides, concluding sentence is signals of ending of paragraph and leaves the reader with important point to remember. Third, you should develop your paragraph. In developing paragraph, between one with another sentences should be parallel and related. In addition, your paragraph will be perfect if you use good transition signal, key repetition of key nouns, and use of consistent pronoun in appropriate way. That’s all that you should remind, don’t forget to make an outline and good luck!

Narrative paragraph

The craziest weekend

Several months ago before my 3^rd semester began, I had a craziest weekend ever when I was an escort for university’s OSPEK. My schoolmate Fifi, Beby, Dinni and I joined that event in order to get more experiences and friends.  About 2 months before that event started, we had to join several meetings called “escort’s school” with another escorts from different faculties. During the meeting, we were taught several basic theories about university’s life. After that, we were separated into 103 groups and all of us had a partner to work together in handling about 40 new students. At that time, my partner was Noorman, a student from informatics engineering and we became a good partner. On Saturday afternoon, August 24^th 2013 was Technical Meeting before the opening of university’s OSPEK began. Around 5000 new students flocked at GOR Soesilo-Soedirman and it was the first time I handle 40 students and they were really nice.  I was happy because they obeyed with all of my commands. I felt I was the most important person for them, for; I gave much information to them. Time grew faster and we shared many things, sang a song together, screamed about our motto and finally at 5 p.m. the meeting had finished. All of new students were allowed to go home but for the escort, the committee asked us to flock at Graha Widyatama and continued to discuss about the next day. However, during the discussion, I didn’t hear all of the leader’s explanation. I just asked to my partner to hear all of it and then he would explain me back. When the leader was explaining the SOP (standard operational procedure) I just talked, laughed, and joking. My friend always talked about a boy who loved Girls Generation style and he loved to imitate them. I couldn’t stop laughing until finally all people around me looked at me. I was so shy and tried to keep silent. But, my friend started to talk about it again and made me couldn’t be controlled. Fortunately, the meeting had finish so I could back home and continued my laugh. That was the craziest weekend and I hope I could repeat that time again.

Description Paragraphs

My room

My room is quite simple and it is the only place where I can put all of my belongings. First time when someone enters my room, she/he will suppose it is a child’s room because of its decorations. I paint the wall with 3 bright colors green, yellow, and white. There are origami and glowing stickers stick around the wall, besides, I also have a little board to stick photos of my family, friend, and sticky notes. My father doesn't allow me to keep electronic tools in my room, so I don’t put anything in it. In my room, I have a bed which the mattress is covered by pink color and flowers motif with two pillows and a bolster on it. Beside my bed on the west side, there’s a green shelf. I usually put my make up tools on the top of my shelf and I put books on the other part of my shelf. Then, my window is in the south side and it faces with my family’s yard. In front of my shelf on the east side, I have a medium wardrobe with its fullest cloths. Beside the wardrobe, I take a small chair which is used to put my bags and veils. There’s no table in my room because I prefer to study on my bed than on a table. My room is the most comfortable place where I can rest my body and mind.

Living room

A living room of a villa in Pulogajah city is big and beautiful. The color of the wall is clean white and all of the stuffs are colored with gold brownish. Three set of chairs and tables are arranged neatly and fit on the right position. On the right side of this room, every chair makes a formation like a circle around the tables.  A precious lamp is on the tables which is located on the corners of this room. Besides, a wall lamp is stick on the wall near window, and the biggest one is hanging on ceiling. Several photos and two paintings also stick on the wall and make this room seems full of art. Then, we can see a big and very beautiful carpet with flowers motif on the floor of this room. Other thing that makes this room feels luxurious is a big window with big glass and a big curtain decorate the edge of window. This living room is so beautiful for its stuffs, decorations, and accessories.

Music Concert

PeeWee Gaskins band held a concert on Jakarta Convention Center last month and sang all of their song from EPILOG album. This concert started at 7 p.m. but the audiences came to JCC from afternoon. Around 16000 people included me entered the place orderly without any violence. When the performance begun, suddenly all people of this building screamed and called one by one personnel of this band started from the cutest one Dochi, Sansan, Ayi, Aldi, and Omo. During the concert, I could hear all people around me sang along together enthusiastically without felt tired. However, they were on festival areas. Furthermore, to record this unforgettable moment some people also took pictures and videos of PeeWee Gaskins’s performance. The sound systems and the lamps’s arrangement of this concert were amazing and made the situation more exciting.

The Labor Day

Every year coincide with May 1st all people around the world commemorate one important moment, that is The labor day. At may 1st 1965 for the first time, Indonesia was the host of this occasions and invited some representatives for each country to came and celebrated this moment. Around 65000 people gathered in Bung Karno’s sport stadium to hear Soekarno speech. Soekarno enthusiastically gave his best speech and furthermore it might be an inspiration for all people who listened to him. Actually this occasion was conducted as the concrete appreciation from government to laborer who already gave country’s income.

A Strange statue

Do you know one of the most amazing statues in USA? Yes the liberty statue. I think you just know a liberty statue who gripped a torch on his right hand, and a book on his left hand, and stand strongly. Different with the old one, a man made a new strange liberty’s statue successfully. The statue wears the same cloths like the statue on USA, but the differences is , the strange one isn't standing on his throne, but he is sitting and smoking a cigarette on it. Moreover, the liberty put his torch on the floor near his feet. We don’t know where his book is because there’s no book at there. The other strange thing is the strange statue seems happy and wears big shoes.

Comparison Paragraphs

School and University

Nowadays, education is one of the most important things for people face the modern era. School and university are formal medias for them who want get formal education, information and knowledge. People can join formal school minimum 12 year’s start from elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school, besides they just need minimum 4 years to graduate from university. Teaching students for school and university is quite different especially in Indonesia. Teacher in the school seems like the second parent for student because in the school, students are their responsibility. Whenever one of a student absence or don’t join any exam or test, teacher will ask another students why she/he is absent and then asked that student to join the test. Moreover, teacher is the main object in the class who explain the subject and students have to focus on them. On the other hand, teaching students in the university is simpler than students in the school. A lecture is not the main focus in the class because sometimes there is one or two assistants who help them explain the subject. Some lectures also don’t care about students who didn’t join the class or the test. Some of them think students of university are already mature and know which is good or bad for them. The lecture doesn’t need students, but students need them.

Facebook and Twitter

I think most people in the world have known about facebook and twitter. Both of them are the most popular social media which help people to connect all people around the world. Facebook is older than twitter, but both of them can attract more than 1 million people as the user. Actually the system of these soc-med is quite similar but there are several differences word such as ”update” and “tweet” when we want share something on facebook or twitter. Facebook provides users to use some services, for example chatting media, online games, and advertisements. Twitter doesn’t provide it all but we can design our own profile based on our mind. The other advantage is almost every real artists use twitter to share everything to their fans so it makes them feel closer with fans. There are so many fake accounts of artists on facebook that can’t be believed by the users.

Novel and Short Story

As the part of literary work, novel and short story are so popular nowadays. The themes of these literary works are so variant such as love, real live, religion, etc. A short story absolutely is shorter than novel. It consists no more than 20 pages. The novelist tells their story with many details and clear explanation in order to the reader can involve to that story. Besides, the writer of a short story just tells the story shortly without too much characters and setting. A novel can consist more than one conflict, but a short story just consists of one conflict.

Free topic : Single and In relationship

Having relationship with boy or girl is something that seems exciting for some people. The world will seem beautiful if a couple is going or doing something together. Everywhere especially in the street, we can see couples ride motorcycle together and show their affection. They don’t realize that being single is more exciting. Basically, the differences between single and in relationship just on get more attention from another people except friend and family. When someone is single, they can go everywhere without any warn from other people (we don’t talk about family). Besides, sometimes people in relationship should inform to each other just to make sure that they are in some place. In addition, when a single want to hang out and buy something, they just pay it just for their self. Different with single, people in relationship should pay double for 2 people, so a single probably can safe their money. Other differences is, for some couple Saturday night is special day for them because on that night  they can have a date all night long and a single think Saturday night is as same as another night.

Problem Solution Paragraphs

Examination anxiety

Almost every school start from elementary school, junior high school, senior high school, and university instead, has one requirement for each student before they pass from it, Indonesia especially. Every year before graduation moment, students which are in the end of grades have to join final examination test that held by government. This examination is not only for requirement, but also can be a standard assessment for each school, and to know how the students understand about the subject that they had learnt. Each school usually held such kind of course as the preparation before the examination to make sure that every student is ready to join it. However, not every student are ready when the examination is held. Some of them will feel scared, anxiety, un-confidence, and others say they still need more lessons.  Examination anxiety is one thing that almost every people feel and you can try some ways to make that feeling a little bit erased. First of all we should work or study hard, because knowledge is the main point that will be tested to us. Study hard make us understand the material or theory of something. Second is, we should be confident that we will success. Confident also can be spirit for us to do the best. Besides, don’t think about the result but we have to do the best and total to get one aim of our life. The last, we should pray to God that everything that happen is God’s decision and believe everything happen is being the best for us.

Overloaded final project

Almost in every university has regulation for each student to make final project before they graduate from the university. Final project is such kind of research that should do by senior students about subject that they had learnt. This research should be different from one student with another, so that’s why students should make their own research. Students can spend minimum 1 year to finish their final project, and maximum 3 years, depend on their left time in that university. Before students finish their final project, they have to do several phases start from make a research’s purpose, find the appropriate title, do some researches, and report their research to lecture. Actually final project shouldn't be the only one requirement for student before graduate from university. If every year each university graduate 1000 students, can you imagine how many final project that is made by students, and how many paper that they have spent for it? Overloaded final project isn’t a big problem actually, but I think we have to do something to solve it. Let the students choose their final project. I mean, university should make another option not only research, maybe an invention for each student. Final project will become useless after students graduate from university, so, it is better if university let them make an invention or another option that might be useful in the future. In addition, final project also waste paper too much, especially if students do so many mistakes on it. Better for us to reduce of use paper too much or waste it.

Corruption

Corruption is the most popular issue in this modern era. Simply, we can say that corruption is dishonest or illegal activity do by people in authority to get money and advantage for their self. As the #4th of the most corrupt country in world, Indonesia has so many cases about corruption. Corruption is not only can do by one people but it can do by group of people. Corruption is so dangerous and suffer financial lost for a country and its society so, this problem has to be erased. Solution for this case is each country should punish the corruptors as big as the corruptors did with their dishonesty. This way also can make other people know how terrible the corruptor’s life after they punished for their activity. Besides government should improve their regulation about corruptors and make sure that stakeholder is fair with every people.

Big Flood

In this raining season, some cities in Jakarta suffer of big flood. Flood is caused by the amount of water especially come from rain which can’t be absorb by land or it can be caused by trash or rubbish at river and then make the water can’t flow well. This disaster usually happens in a big city with big population of people. The effect of flood not only cause financial loss for each family but also can cause several diseases such as cough, influenza, itchiness, and trouble in digestive system. To solve this problem, there is a simple thing to do. Every people haven’t to throw away all kind of rubbish in the river and always keep the environment clean. The river will not filthy if people never throw anything at there, so the water can flow well without anything block away. If the river’s clean, there will no flood anymore. Moreover, the fish may be available there. Government also can take part to solve this problem such as make a regulation and punishment for people who throw rubbish at river, scratch the mud on the river in order to make river deep, and elucidate people how important the river is and keep clean for it.

Opinion Paragraphs

1.      Opinion about death sentence for corruptor

As a development country, Indonesia is the 5^th country in the world with so many corruption cases. I agree with the government regulation about sentence for corruptor. Most of corruptors in Indonesia are a leader who is believed led them into prosperity and safe condition. They used their power and authority illegally to steal country’s money and then used it for their useless need such as luxurious car, villa, and house. Unfortunately, the law in Indonesia still can’t run fairly and it makes so many suspects of corruption cases use their money and power to make them free of prison. Death sentence not only to punish the corruptors but also erase suspect of corruption that inflict a financial loss of the country. Besides, it can minimize people who stats to corrupt the country’s money. I think before the government apply the death sentence for corruptors, they should recover their image and system first because nowadays the law holders still lack of fair.

2.      Opinion about general election

I agree with general election for one men one vote which has already applied in my country. This system is appropriate and the best way for democratic country like Indonesia which allow every single civil to choose their leader directly based on their human right. Without think about amount of money that may be used for this system, one man one vote is enabling for each citizen shows their choice. This system is used by Indonesia in order to the chosen leader is really based on citizen choice and their mind.

3.      Opinion about “CRAYON SINCHAN” movie for child

Every Sunday morning start from 5-10 p.m. almost every TV channel provide cartoon movie for children.  That time is the best time for children to watch their favorite cartoon movie but, not every cartoon is good for them especially crayon sinchan. If you ever see the cover of crayon sinchan comic, you will notice there is a warn that the comic is for 17+. It means that children who underage is not appropriate with this movie. This movie hasn’t any education value, besides, it has too much adult scene. For example, when Sinchan and his father talk about woman and see an adult magazine. For underage children who don’t know about that magazine, they maybe will feel anxious about adult magazine and farther, they will search to know about it. I think government should control the TV program especially for children and parents also should monitoring their children TV’s consumption.

International Phonetics Alphabet (IPA)

Do you know IPA ? IPA or International Phonetics Alphabet is the international standard which is used by English to show how to pronounce word correctly. Before I joined mid test in my 3^rd semester my lecture asked all students to search IPA and make it as a poster. Besides, we had to search 10 words which matched with each phonetics. In this case phonetics isn’t talk about letter, but it talks about sound. SO, what do you think so far about IPA? It seems easy, but actually it needs our sharp eyes, for, we should search that word in OXFORD/ CAMBRIDGE dictionary. Total of IPA is about 48-52 and if each phonetics need 10 words, it means you should find 480-520 words from dictionary. Simple, but bored.  Another problem came when my of corel draw’ IPA’s file couldn’t open because the type of my corel and printing office’s corel was different . Absolutely, I was really sad, confused, angry, and all of them mix together in my mind ! So, this is my final result, it didn’t seem as good as my friend’s IPA but I do it by my self without ask anyone and it makes me proud and satisfied . so,, here it is.