1.1 How to write details and particulars paragraphs- 1 of 2
Paragraph Development by Particulars and Details. Part 2.
The topic statement may contain an expression which naturally leads the reader to expect that particulars and details will immediately follow.
When, for instance, one reads that " The isle was strange and delicate," one wishes to know at once what prompted the writer to describe the isle by these adjectives.
And when one reads, " There is scarcely a scene or object familiar to the Galilee of that day which Jesusdid not use as a moral illustration of some glorious promise or moral law," one expects an enumeration of scenes and objects.
Thus the paragraph-idea develops from the topic statement by the fulfilment of the implied promise which the topic-statement makes to the reader. The particulars and details will be descriptive or narrative, according to the nature of the assertion made in the topic-statement.
From Paragraph-Writing: A rhetoric for colleges by Fred Newton