'Return a newly created paragraph, inserted directly before this
paragraph. If *text* is supplied, the new paragraph contains that
text in a single run. If *style* is provided, that style is assigned
to the new paragraph.'

def insert_paragraph_before(self, text=None, style=None):

    paragraph = self._insert_paragraph_before()
    if text:
        paragraph.add_run(text)
    if (style is not None):
        paragraph.style = style
    return paragraph
