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Paragraph Extractor
Split a document into paragraphs and measure each one.
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Quick Tool Overview
The Paragraph Extractor splits a document into paragraphs and measures each one, making the shape of the document visible. Sorting longest first puts the paragraphs that need breaking up at the top, which reading the document rarely achieves.
- What it does
- Splits a document into measured paragraphs
- You give it
- An article, chapter or page
- You get back
- Each paragraph with its word and sentence count
- Best for
- Checking readability and structure before publishing
About the Paragraph Extractor
Paragraph length is one of the strongest signals of whether a piece will be read on screen. A wall of two-hundred-word paragraphs loses readers regardless of how good the writing is, and the problem is invisible while you are inside the document.
This splits a text into its paragraphs and measures each one, so the shape of the document becomes visible. Paragraphs can be sorted longest first, which puts the problems at the top, or filtered to show only those above a threshold. Both blank-line and single-break paragraph conventions are handled, and the average, longest and shortest are reported against the ranges that read well on screen.
Key features of the Paragraph Extractor
Word count per paragraph
Compared against the 40 to 80 words that reads comfortably on screen.
Sort by length
The three longest paragraphs are almost always the three that most need splitting.
Headings detected
Short lines between blank lines are flagged as probable headings rather than dragging the average down.
Both conventions handled
Blank-line separated and single-break paragraphs are both supported.
Summary statistics
Average, longest and shortest, so the document's rhythm is visible at a glance.
How to use the Paragraph Extractor
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Paste your document
An article, a chapter or a page.
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Read the paragraph list
Each one with its word and sentence count.
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Sort by length
Longest first puts the paragraphs that need breaking up at the top.
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Check the averages
Compared against the 40 to 80 words that reads comfortably on screen.
Frequently asked questions
Forty to eighty words for web writing, which is roughly three to five sentences. Print tolerates more. Anything above about 120 words on screen is where readers start skipping.
A blank line by default, which is the standard convention. There is a mode that treats every line break as a paragraph, for text that uses that convention instead.
Because it puts the problems first. The three longest paragraphs in a document are almost always the three that most need breaking up, and finding them by reading is far slower.
Short lines surrounded by blank lines are flagged as probable headings and reported separately, so they do not drag the average paragraph length down.
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