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# paragraph

«paragraph» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a paragraph, paragraphs); verb (paragraph — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a new line, often indented. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons, pupils learn that each paragraph has a topic sentence and starts a new idea, time, place or speaker. In stories, a new paragraph begins when a new character speaks. Phrases: "opening paragraph", "new paragraph", "topic sentence".

### examples

- This idea is then symbolically explained in the next paragraph. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x1)
- [paragraph continues] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x2)
- 44) This whole paragraph is an interpolation of an unknown hand, as it can be easily proved. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x3)
- Start a new paragraph for each new idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x4)
- The first paragraph should grab the reader's attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x5)
- Read the second paragraph again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x6)
- When someone new speaks, start a new paragraph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x7)
- My story has five paragraphs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x8)
- Underline the topic sentence of the paragraph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x9)
- He read the paragraph to them, and added, ‘I wonder, now, whether that could be your bull-calf Peter?’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/#x10)

### note

Countable. Spelled with "ph" sounding like f: para-graph. A paragraph is usually several sentences, longer than one sentence but shorter than a chapter.

### In the corpora

- [Twice in this part a paragraph begins "Down, down, down." to show how long the fall goes on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole/21/)
- [Very short sentences or paragraphs can build tension or make a moment stand out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/17/)
- [The first paragraph of a news article usually tells who, what, when and where.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/20/)
- [A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in a story.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/29/)
- [Start a new line (a new paragraph) for each new speaker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «paragraph» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paragraph/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.