I am trying to figure out how to start this paragraph...The question is Explain how purpose, audience, tone, and content impacts academic writing
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You start by listing the answers to the question. Know what you are going to write in the paragraph -- and then devise the first sentence, which is usually the topic sentence.
These sites will help you.
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/paragraphs.shtml
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/index.php?category_id=2&sub_category_id=1&article_id=29
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/paragraphs.shtml
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/index.php?category_id=2&sub_category_id=1&article_id=29