Once you’ve improved your sentences, the second step of the editing process is to assess the flow and structure of your paragraphs.

Organize your sentences into proper sequence within each paragraph. Make sure your arguments are coherent, well-structured, and that there are no unnecessary sentences.

Then look at the paragraphs - are they properly placed? Each paragraph should be a stepping stone to your essay’s final destination.

Essay’s Reorder tool allows you to easily drag and drop sentences and paragraphs into a new order. Evaluate the structure of each paragraph, and every element of your work to make sure your arguments flow optimally.

How to use Reorder

Navigate to Reorder.
Reorder tool has two views: Sentence view and Paragraph view
- You can switch between them by clicking the button on the left side of the Reorder toolbar.

Sentence view

Sentence view shows you each of your sentences displayed on its own line within its paragraph section.

Reorder your sentences

In the Reorder tool, start by looking at the order of the sentences within each paragraph.
Experiment with the structure of your paragraphs to make sure your sentences are in the most optimal order.
- Your paragraphs should be like a mini essay: they should be able to stand on their own as a collection of thoughts devoted to one point, with an opening sentence that is a transition from the previous paragraph, and closing sentence that is a transition to the next paragraph.

Each sentence can be reordered by dragging and dropping it into place.
- You can drag a sentence to move it into a new position in its current paragraph.
- You can drag a sentence to move it into another paragraph.
- You can also drag a sentence between two paragraph sections to create a new paragraph in your essay containing just that sentence.
- The drag indicator makes it easy to visualize exactly where you are placing your sentence.
- You can press esc to cancel your drag and return the item to its original location.

Selecting & deselecting sentences

Click on a sentence to select it and view it’s toolbar actions.
- You can move multiple sentences at the same time.
  - Press Cmd / Ctrl + Click to select multiple sentences.
  - Or press Shift + Click to select a range of sentences.
When you click to select a sentence in the Reorder tool, a component will appear on the left side of the toolbar which allows you to do the following:
- View the number of sentences currently selected.
- You can press the — button to deselect the sentences or press esc.
- Or you can click on the selected sentence again to deselect it.
Drag Handle
- You can also use the drag handle to reorder your selected sentences.
  - Let’s say you know you want to move a sentence (or sentences) from the beginning of your essay to a paragraph near the end of your essay. It can be really slow to drag your sentences from the top of your essay to the bottom. With the drag handle, you can select your sentence(s), scroll to the paragraph you want to move your sentences to, and then drag the drag handle to position your selected sentences into place.

Sentence level actions in the Reorder Toolbar

Reorder has a number of sentence level actions in the toolbar, which you can access by clicking a sentence.
- The Reorder toolbar is found at the top of the left panel
- Mark for review
  - You can mark a sentence for review to come back to it later.
- Rewrite sentence
  - While in Reorder, you can easily switch to Rewrite to rewrite a particular sentence.
  - Select the sentence you wish to rewrite and click on the “Rewrite” icon at the top right of the Reorder toolbar.
- Delete sentence
  - You can delete a sentence by selecting the sentence(s) you want to delete, and then clicking the “Delete” icon at the top right of the Reorder toolbar.

Paragraph View

Paragraph view shows you each of your paragraphs and headings truncated into draggable blocks.

Reorder your paragraphs

Once your sentences are arranged in the proper order within your paragraphs, look at the paragraphs themselves. Your paragraphs need to be sequenced so that your essay exists as a coherent and meaningful totality. Each paragraph should build of the last to strengthen your main argument.
Each paragraph, heading, or outline topic can be reordered by dragging and dropping it into place.
- Drag & drop any paragraph into the desired position.

Selecting Paragraphs

You can click on a paragraph block to select it and access it’s toolbar actions.
Similar to Reorder sentence view, you can move multiple paragraphs at the same time.
- Press Cmd / Ctrl + Click to select multiple paragraphs.
- Or press Shift + Click to select a range of paragraphs.
When you click to select a sentence in the Reorder tool, a component will appear on the left side of the toolbar which allows you to do the following:
- View the number of sentences currently selected.
- You can press the “-” button to deselect the paragraphs.
- Or you can click on the selected paragraph again to deselect it.
Drag handle
- You can also use the drag handle to reorder your selected sentences.
Delete paragraph
- You can delete a paragraph by selecting the paragraph(s) you want to delete, and then clicking the “Delete” icon in the toolbar.

Reorder Settings

You can customize the Reorder tool’s default view. This is the view you will see when you open Reorder.

Go to the “Workspace settings” tab in the right hand tool bar, to customize your Reorder tool’s default view.
You have three options:
- Last view used
- Paragraph view
- Sentence view