Academic Paragraph Outline Form
I. Topic sentence: ____________________
II. Concluding sentence: _______________
Note: A paragraph consists of a number of sentences. A short paragraph includes 3 sentences while a long one consists of 20 to 25 sentences.The number of supporting points, (main ideas) and details,(specific information), usually,determines the number of sentences in a paragraph. The more points and specific details, the writer provides,the more sentences he/she is to write.