3. How to write comparisons and illustrations paragraphs
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Development of Paragraphs by Comparison and Illustration
Sometimes the paragraph-idea, as embodied in the topic-statement,or as implied without any topic-statement, finds its best development through a comparison or a concrete illustration.
The illustration, being usually of considerable length, detains the attention of the reader upon the thought until he sees more fully all that it means. Comparisons may be invented,as the parables of the New Testament, or they may be real. Examples of the employment of real comparisons are given.