{"id":971,"date":"2020-08-25T17:53:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/?p=971"},"modified":"2020-08-25T17:53:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:53:21","slug":"write-with-purpose-what-do-you-want-your-paragraph-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/write-with-purpose-what-do-you-want-your-paragraph-to-do\/971\/communicating-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Write with Purpose: What Do You Want Your Paragraph To Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students often have the greatest anxiety about writing the Introduction and Discussion sections of an APA style paper. Part of the problem is that they struggle with writing properly constructed paragraphs. This guide from the University of Newcastle not only describes several types of paragraphs, but outlines what the topic, supporting, and concluding sentences should do, along with suggestions for transition words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/APAStyle_ParagraphConstruction-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/APAStyle_ParagraphConstruction-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/APAStyle_ParagraphConstruction-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/APAStyle_ParagraphConstruction-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/APAStyle_ParagraphConstruction-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/APAStyle_ParagraphConstruction-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the original article <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.newcastle.edu.au\/writing-paragraphs\/types\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students often have the greatest anxiety about writing the Introduction and Discussion sections of an APA style paper. 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