A paragraph (from Greek paragraphos, "to write beside" or "written beside") is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. A paragraph consists of one or more sentences. Though not required by the syntax of any language, paragraphs are usually an expected part of formal writing, used to organize longer prose.

1. This is a list item in an ordered list
2. An ordered list is a list in which the sequence of items is important. An ordered list does not necessarily contain sequence characters.
3. Lists can be nested inside of each other
   1. This is a nested list item
   2. This is another nested list item in an ordered list
4. This is the last list item