Everyone, I want to make sure you understand what I said in class when I said that you should use paragraphs. So I’m going to use some Latin text. The meaning of the text doesn’t matter: just the layout, the format. Okay? Just look at how it’s organized and you’ll see what I mean.
Here’s an example of what you SHOULD NOT do when writing a paragraph:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.Nam volutpat feugiat massa.
Integer et mauris.
Donec malesuada mi eget est.
Morbi tortor est, rhoncus eu, placerat sit amet, ultrices vel, enim.
Duis vulputate.
Nullam blandit arcu vitae quam.
Donec vel augue quis enim blandit rutrum.
And here’s an example of what you SHOULD do when writing a paragraph:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nam volutpat feugiat massa. Integer et mauris. Donec malesuada mi eget est. Morbi tortor est, rhoncus eu, placerat sit amet, ultrices vel, enim. Duis vulputate. Nullam blandit arcu vitae quam. Donec vel augue quis enim blandit rutrum. Mauris scelerisque imperdiet sem. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Nulla augue nisi, tincidunt sit amet, venenatis vitae, blandit eu, pede. Morbi elit elit, dapibus eget, vehicula eget, mattis eu, justo. Maecenas suscipit vehicula leo. Vivamus interdum. Proin sed dui ac quam pretium malesuada. Duis scelerisque nunc tristique lorem. Mauris sodales. Aenean iaculis aliquet arcu. In sed est quis ipsum consectetuer gravida. Quisque at lacus. Quisque rhoncus.
Nunc elementum lobortis magna. Donec mi. Donec dictum dolor quis ligula. Duis nibh magna, suscipit et, volutpat at, tristique in, urna. Nulla sollicitudin tincidunt dolor. Cras vestibulum neque a ipsum. Morbi sit amet lectus. Aenean odio velit, placerat eu, porttitor ut, vehicula eget, mauris. Vestibulum luctus tempus massa. In urna. Nulla eget quam sed tellus semper ornare. In hac habitasse platea dictumst.
The first example isn’t a paragraph. It’s just a bunch of sentences one by one, which is NOT what I am asking you to write. The second example is of two nicely written paragraphs. Of course, you can’t really indent on this blog, but normally the second paragraph would be indented, if you were printing this text to hand in as homework.
Does that help?