paragraphs

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a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, idea, etc.

a short part of a text that begins on a new line and consists of one or more sentences dealing with a single idea

one of the parts that a piece of writing is divided into, consisting of one or more sentences and beginning on a new line:

What ideas is the author trying to express in the first paragraph?

the opening/closing/introductory paragraph The closing paragraph of the article is not very convincing.