ABSTRACT
Research and surveys with dyslexic students have shown that dyslexics like and need to see the 'big picture', yet this can easily become obscured within paragraphs given the complexity and nuances of academic arguments. The one idea per paragraph principle is also essential if analysts are to maintain clarity throughout a discussion which, in academic writing, often contains discrete, yet complex and interrelated ideas. The most helpful way of thinking about a paragraph is to visualise it in a 'big picture' format in the same way as analysts did in respect of structuring the entire essay. In essence, the ideas and grammatical units contained within an ideal paragraph, like the essay as a whole, should resemble an upturned Christmas Cracker. The argument develops and evolves, becoming deeper and more specific as the paragraph progresses. A better way of integrating counterarguments/problems is to put them at or near the beginning of analysts' paragraphs.
