Paragraphs consist of one or more sentences that relate to one idea. A new paragraph signals to the reader that a new idea is forthcoming. There are two points we wish to make about paragraphs of text: how they are delineated, and how they are justified To make it easy for the reader to identify when a new idea is being presented, it makes sense to highlight the difference between one paragraph and the next one. As you can see *, paragraphs are much easier to distinguish from one another if they are indented or if white space is left between them. p. 1 of 3