<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # An independently reusable paragraph must contain a... > An independently reusable paragraph must contain a complete movement of thought within its own boundaries. It {A good paragraph {does not merely decorate an argument; it contains one in miniature}.}, which is why it is memorable. A paragraph must do more than contain good lines. It must begin on recoverable ground, move through an ordered development, and close by crystallizing what the reader has just learned. {{The paragraph is not a shelf on which sentences are stored; it is the smallest room in which an argument can live.}} **Source:** [[projects/The Argument in Miniature - How I Write Quotations, Paragraphs, and Reusable Prose|The Argument in Miniature: How I Write Quotations, Paragraphs, and Reusable Prose]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “An independently reusable paragraph must contain a complete movement of thought within its own boundaries. It does not merely decorate an argument; it contains one in miniature, which is why it is memorable. A paragraph must do more than contain good lines. It must begin on recoverable ground, move through an ordered development, and close by crystallizing what the reader has just learned. The paragraph is not a shelf on which sentences are stored; it is the smallest room in which an argument can live.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-independently-reusable-paragraph-room-argument-live ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->