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<para> Paragraph
A rhetorical (not merely presentational) paragraph.
Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
Any combination of:
- Text, numbers, or special characters
- <blockquote> Block Quote
- <citation> Citation Reference
- <code> Code
- <email> Email
- <emphasis> Emphasis
- <phrase> Phrase
- <equation> Equation
- <figure> Figure
- <footnote> Footnote
- <informaltable> Informal Table
- <inlinemediaobject> Inline Media Object
- <itemizedlist> Itemized List
- <link> Link
- <mediaobject> Media Object
- <note> Note
- <orderedlist> Ordered List
- <programlisting> Program Listing
- <subscript> Subscript
- <superscript> Superscript
- <table> Table
- <trademark> Trademark
- <variablelist> Variable List
- <quote> Inline Quote
- <xref> Cross-Reference
Expanded Content Model
(#PCDATA | blockquote | citation | code | email | emphasis | phrase | equation | figure | footnote | informaltable | inlinemediaobject | itemizedlist | link | mediaobject | note | orderedlist | programlisting | subscript | superscript | table | trademark | variablelist | quote | xref)*
Tagged Sample
Typical paragraphs inside recursive sections
... <section xml:id="mul2"> <title>Securing a Permanent Colony in the Claimed Lands</title> <para>With land claimed in the New World, an expedition was mounted to establish a settlement. The first expedition failed. ...</para> ... </section> <section xml:id="mul3"> <title>Native Inhabitants of the New World</title> <para>Upon establishing the Roanoke colony, the settlers ...</para> </section> <section xml:id="mul4"> <title>Native Plants and Wildlife</title> <para>... The settlers discovered that while some roots could be eaten much in appearance as they were dug, others had to be boiled before use as a foodstuff. As more fully described below, other plants included beans, and several crops previously unknown to the Europeans: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><quote>macocqwer</quote> (gourds),</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><quote>melden</quote> (an herb),</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><quote>planta solis</quote> (sunflower — used in a type of bread, as well as for broth),</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>peas (powdered in a mortar), and</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>potatoes.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <section xml:id="mul4-1"> <title>Gourds</title> <para>The native people grew a variety of large broad-leafed, ground-covering vines which produced what they called <quote>macocqwer</quote> or gourds. (<emphasis role="ital">See</emphasis> <xref linkend="mul-fig1"/>.) Varying in color among shades of green, yellow, and orange, these gourds served a number of functions, not chief of which was as a food source. ...</para> ... </section> ... </section> ...