Yes!
And I find that a one-sentence paragraph, particularly a short sentence, is
really effective for various rhetorical purposes (transitions, emphasis,
asides, etc.).

Beth

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> When I talked about paragraphs, I also told students that paragraph length
> depends on the text itself.  Newspapers have notoriously short paragraphs
> whereas research articles have much longer paragraphs.
> Thank you
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