The Body of Your Paper


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Help With the Body of Your Paper

The point of having Body Paragraphs in your paper is to explain and develop the points that you made in your introductory paragraph and your thesis statement. Each paragraph must have a clear and focused point, set forth by your topic sentence, and must be continuous with the paragraphs before and after as well as support your thesis.

  1. An essential aspect of your body paragraphs is the presence of a Topic Sentence.

  2. The Structure of Your Body Paragraphs

  3. Things to Remember When Writing Your Body Paragraphs

  4. Each of Your Paragraphs Should Contain These Elements: UNITY, DEVELOPMENT, and COHERENCE

  5. TRANSITIONS

    Transitions are one of the most important aspects of the body of your paper. Transitions between paragraphs as well as between sentences are essential in order for a paper to be readable, for the reader to fully understand the connections between the points you are trying to make and for the overall coherence of your essay. The use of transitions creates one unified paper instead of several smaller papers all thrown together under a similar larger topic.

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