6-8 page research paper

Writing Body Paragraphs After Finding Quotes

Task: To write EACH of your four body paragraphs, you should

 

Make your topic sentence the first sentence of the body paragraph. You can even cut and paste it directly from your outline.

Write a sentence explaining your topic sentence more thoroughly in your own words, defining terms that your audience might not be familiar with, or giving background information essential to understanding your ideas.

LOOK at your Outline Part II and find the first/next quotation you want to include to support your topic sentence. THINK about how it helps you to persuade your audience in favor of the topic sentence.

Even though the connection between your argument and your evidence may seem obvious to you, it may not seem obvious to your audience. Write a sentence in which you EXPLAIN how that ONE quotation supports your topic sentence. Be sure to use at least one key word from your topic sentence in that sentence.

Integrate that explanation sentence with the quotation. NEVER let quotations stand alone.

Include a transitional phrase that will lead to the next quotation.

Repeat 3, 4, and 5 until you’ve used all of the quotations that support that topic sentence.

Use paraphrase carefully or not at all. (See the plagiarism contract and “How to Paraphrase”). You are not required to paraphrase.

Make the last sentence of the paragraph a transition to the next paragraph

Do a WORD COUNT. Each body paragraph should be at about 400 or so words. The list of works cited DOES NOT COUNT in the word count.