maidoan97 743 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I wrote a narrative paragraph because it was assignment for my English class. When I finished, I realized I had wrote about 1000 words (998 to be exact). Do you think I need to shorten my paragraph? xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lully 1,779 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Oh wow, yeah... that's a fucking lot for one paragraph you need to like... split that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanabi 142 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 no it's ok , unless your assignment specific the number of words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex crossing 2,895 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Possibly? I just glanced through some of my own papers I've written, and on average a paragraph would be 200 to 400 words long. I'm thinking there's probably somewhere in there that you could split it to make it easier on the reader. ^^ Edit: oh, wait. It can only be one paragraph long? You might want to shorten it... otherwise it'll just look (and read) like a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xharuharux 2,487 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 i think so, unless it was a 3000 word essay lol ? most paragraphs are 5-8 sentences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sane 16,342 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Only if you want anybody to actually read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lesigh* 6,759 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Unless you have max 200 words per sentence, you need to break those paragraphs up. A paragraph should be no more than 6 sentences long, minimum 3. Sadly, tons of famous stories break this rule and I'd hate to see another person follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohyuks 2,105 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 ...yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANCORA IMPARO 3,408 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think it depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ღChoco 2,864 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 That's basically a wall.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystiqurez 1,470 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yes... I've had essays/reports where there length had to be 1000 words, give or take 10words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANTE 4,595 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 If it's a narrative then I would shorten it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurahanabira 6,634 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yes. 1000 words, single-spaced with 12 pt. font, is 2.5 pages. A single paragraph should not take that many pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurahanabira 6,634 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Unless you have max 200 words per sentence, you need to break those paragraphs up. A paragraph should be no more than 6 sentences long, minimum 3. Sadly, tons of famous stories break this rule and I'd hate to see another person follow suit. That's just the basic paragraph structure they teach you in grade school. In actuality, a paragraph can be as short as a single sentence, especially if that single sentence is long (or in Cushing Biggs Hassell's case, 3 whole pages. And when you get to high school or college, the maximum length increases to 10 or more. This is a guideline of what a 10 sentence paragraph format looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lesigh* 6,759 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 That's just the basic paragraph structure they teach you in grade school. In actuality, a paragraph can be as short as a single sentence, especially if that single sentence is long (or in Cushing Biggs Hassell's case, 3 whole pages. And when you get to high school or college, the maximum length increases to 10 or more. This is a guideline of what a 10 sentence paragraph format looks like. So then why the hell is my school making me read that racist and homophobic ass Huckleberry Finn book in school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ñyan 1,712 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 That is a fucking 5 paragraph essay lol Try to divide that at least in 3 paragraphs, I would suggest 5 tho, it is hard to read 1000 words in just one paragraph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silicon soul 19,457 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Imagine if when it comes to marking, your teacher writes things "wall of text, tl;dr" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngclinh 76 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 1000 words is 2 page long! break it into 4-5 paragraphs girl! imagine you're the teacher, reading 10 paragraphs like this will drive you mad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidoan97 743 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 I shortened it to 492 words... Do you guys think that's ok ? xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal glow 6,196 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I shortened it to 492 words... Do you guys think that's ok ? xD That seems better. I've written 400 word paragraphs before that were deemed acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
酒� 1,769 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 yes for me lol. but eh if one paragraph is appropriate for the topic, or those words are very needed in one paragraph, its ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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