In this session we will focus on learning about the paragraph tool. The first step to understanding the scriptures is to work out what the writer was trying to say to the original readers. This requires us to organize the sentences to see the flow of logic from the author. In this way we try and discern the original meaning of the words.
A paragraph is a series of sentences that are organized and coherent and are all related to a single topic. The text is split into sections or paragraphs containing a main idea. Each paragraph is given a theme sentence and then the overall section of text is given a theme sentence that summarizes what it is all about.
Use the Paragraph Tool to help understand “What does it say?” Divide the passage into paragraphs and summarize each into a main idea.