Body Paragraph

The body paragraph is the main part of your

essay or paper. Each body paragraph
contains a topic sentence which tells the
reader about what the paragraph is going to
be about, the body paragraph contains a
thesis statement, which is your opinion and
should be well supported in each body
paragraph. Also each paragraph should have

a concluding sentence, supporting detains

and examples.
How to plan for the body of an essay
Firstly, look at your thesis statement, essay
map can be used to help discuss the point
mentioned, along with supporting points that
will help in writing an effective essay. Then
the structure of the essay is planned, that
includes the paragraphs.

Composting the body paragraph

There are so much ways in which body
paragraphs can be developed.
For example, comparison and definitions
Remember that the body paragraph will
profit from a focused topic sentence, it
should give an adequate development and
unity and coherence.

Sub Topic: The topic sentence

Functions are:
It supports the thesis
It states wat the paragraph is about
It controls the subject matter of the
paragraph
The subtopic is in a sense of a smaller
thesis; it is asserts to one main idea on a

limited subject that the writer can explain

or argue in the writing.
Focusing on your topic sentence
The following pair of sentences should
illustrate a broad and vague topics
sentence, clear and focused. A topic
sentence supports the thesis statement by
stating the main point in the discussion. It
should say what the paragraph will be

about in specific terms. And it should

control the subject matter of the paragraph.
Placing your topic sentences
Topic sentences mostly occurs as the first
sentence in the body paragraph, it is also
found in the second or last sentence. The
topic sentence follows the first sentence in

a paragraph for introductory and at the end

for conclusion with central points.
Paragraph development
one of the main component of an essay is
the paragraph. Paragraph is a group of
sentences or a single sentence that forms a
unit. It is the unity and coherence among the
sentences that makes a paragraph an
effective paragraph.

Methods of developing paragraphs:

1. Creating outlines
2. Topic sentence development
3. Supporting details
4. Using quotations and evidence
5. Utilization of transitional words
6. Following proper grammar rules
Paragraph Unity
This is basically where the paragraph all link
together; they relate to the main idea thats is

mentioned in the topic sentence. A

paragraph must adhere to its assigned
subject and must not be unrelated or leads
into another idea or discussion. In this way
the paragraph has unity.
Paragraph coherence
Coherence is essentially a good paragraph.
It means that all sentences and ideas in the

paragraph flows together to make a clear,

logical point about the topic. The reader
should be able to follow and interpret what
have been written in the paragraph,
transitional words and phrases, parallelism,
repetition of key word, recognizable order of
idea and substitution of pronoun for key
nouns can be used to gained coherence in a
paragraph.
Recognizable order of information

These are examples of order of information

The order of time- being arranged in
chronological order
The order of space- relates when the subject
is a physical object, the order should be left
to right, top to bottom, inside out and so
forth.

Deductive order- relates when the topic

sentence has proceeds to the supporting
details.
Inductive order- begins with examination of
a particular details and concludes with a
point.
Transitional word and phrases

It helps the reader more smoothly reading

one thought to the next without losing the
readers attention of wanting to read more,
also that ideas wont appear disconnected
our unrelated.

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previous
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compar
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Repetition of key words

Relates when important words or phrases
may be repeated throughout a paragraph to
connects the thoughts into coherence.
Pronouns substituted for key nouns

A pronoun is a word that describes a noun,

in the paragraph a key noun in one sentence
and the pronoun in its place in the following
sentence can be used.
Parallelism
Means the use of grammatically structure in
several sentences to establish coherence.
The repetition of similar phrasing helps ties
the ideas and sentences together.

Paragraph sequence
The order in which the paragraph is
presented is another decision that must be
made.
Transitional Between Paragraphs
Every paragraph usually signals a new major
point in your discussion, the paragraphs
should not appear to be isolated block of
thought but rather as parts of a unified step

by step progression. Linking each paragraph

together avoids unrelated ideas and it flows
very well within the writing, this can be
done by adding a transitional device.