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Title: Body Paragraphs


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Body Paragraphs
  • Made Easy!

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One quick thing
  • In a research paper
  • NEVER, EVER, EVER USE
  • I, ME, MY, WE, OUR, US
  • NEVER, EVER, EVER (ON THREAT OF FAILURE) USE
  • YOU IN ANY PAPER

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Body Paragraph (I know the break down)
  • Topic sentence
  • Quote 1
  • 2 lines of commentary
  • Quote 2
  • 2 lines of commentary
  • Quote 3
  • 2 lines of commentary
  • Concluding sentence

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Body Paragraph Topic Sentence (Heres your
sign!)
  • It is the first sentence in your body paragraph
  • It will be explaining and describing one of the
    points listed in your thesis
  • It explains what that paragraph is going to be
    about

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Topic Sentence Example
  • Thesis Capital punishment is a controversial
    issue where some believe it is a form of justice,
    others believe it is an inequitable justice, and
    it is both fair and informal to the judicial
    system.
  • Topic Sentence Many people believe Capital
    punishment is an inequitable justice because it
    doesnt allow for rehabilitation, it continues
    the idea of killing, and it could end the life of
    an innocent person.

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Body Paragraph Quotes (Thats what she said)
  • Your quotes need to help support and follow your
    topic sentence
  • Bad example It is societys duty, to act in
    self defense to protect the innocent " (White 1)
  • this quote undermines what was said in the topic
    sentence
  • Good example Often times it is found that
    convicted criminals, repent, express remorse,
    and very often experience profound spiritual
    rehabilitation (Rehabilitation 1).
  • this reaffirms my topic sentence and overall
    argument

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Body Paragraphs Commentary (The Good, the Bad
and the UGLY)
  • Your commentary explains your quote further and
    how it helps prove your point (ANALYSIS).
  • When writing commentary NEVER say This quote
    proves or what this quote is saying is
  • Make sure with your commentary you arent
    repeating the same thing
  • Try to introduce a different or more in depth
    analysis

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Commentary Example BAD!!!
  • Often times it is found that convicted criminals,
    repent, express remorse, and very often
    experience profound spiritual rehabilitation
    (Rehabilitation 1). This quote proves that some
    criminals are good and want to try. It also
    proves that people want to be good, even if they
    have done something bad.
  • This commentary is very weak and it says the same
    thing in both sentences.

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Commentary Example Good!!!
  • Often times it is found that convicted criminals,
    repent, express remorse, and very often
    experience profound spiritual rehabilitation
    (Rehabilitation 1).While a crime may have been
    committed in youth, Americans need to allow for
    the idea of change in a person whether through
    age or experience. It should also be argued that
    a lifetime of repentance maybe worth more than
    the justice of death.
  • Expands upon the ideas presented in the quote and
    offers more such as the idea of a lifetime of
    repentance

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Quote and Commentary (Wash, Rinse and Repeat)
  • After the two sentences of commentary
  • Then have another quote
  • Two more sentences of commentary

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Body Paragraph Concluding/ Transition Sentence
(Moving on up)
  • Your concluding sentence serves 2 jobs
  • 1. Summarize what your paragraph was about
  • 2. Transition (give the reader a clue) to what
    your next paragraph is going to be about

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Concluding Sentence Example
  • Capital punishment not only ends a life, it ends
    the chance for a person to change and maintains
    the idea of murder as justice.
  • chance for a person to change reminding the
    reader what my paragraph was about (doesnt allow
    for rehabilitation)
  • maintains the idea of murder as justice what my
    next paragraph is going to be about (it continues
    the idea of killing- 2 point in my thesis)
  • Notice I am saying the same thing but always
    rephrasing, so it doesnt sound repetitive!!!

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  • This article states that, Quote (Glasshof 1).
  • Miss Glasshof is the best teacher in the world
    because she is a fanciful genius and beast-like.
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