Descriptive Strategies Of A Paragraph

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Register to read the introduction… I am not very good at narrating things. It is easier for me to describe things to someone. Trying to do this assignment, I was met with a lot of writer’s block. I chose the approach of researching the history of my subtopics in hopes I could find inspiration. In completing my final assignment; I would like to break down my paragraphs a little more. I would like to be able to see some of the components defined and more in depth. In order for me to do this, I need to dissect my paragraph and make them smaller. When writing my topic sentence before the paragraph, I felt I was stuck on that sentence and it wasn’t allowing me to think freely. I have never taken this approach before when writing. I have always just started writing then added in all of the pieces afterwards. With some practice and different subject matter, I think starting with a topic sentence would be very beneficial to me and make my writing

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