How to Write an Essay: Body Paragraphs (with Worksheet)

Learn to write the body paragraphs of an essay. Use this worksheet to take notes:
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To introduce how to write essay body paragraphs, this video begins by reviewing the thesis statement and linking the main idea and reasons in the topic sentence of each paragraph. An example essay is provided showing how these parts connect, and the purpose of the topic sentence detail sentences, and conclusion sentence are explained and then analyzed in body paragraph #1, #2, and #3 of an example essay.
One of the challenges learners face in essay writing is figuring out what to write in a body paragraph of an essay. This video explains that by the time you've reached the body paragraph, your topic has already been chosen, and your topic sentence just needs to be phrased--you already know what will go in it from writing your thesis statement! After that, it's a matter of supporting that topic sentence with details and examples. This video explains how to do that in a way that makes the essay cohesive and keeps writing aligned with the main idea of the essay. All four parts of this video series can be found at these links:
How to Write an Essay (Part 1)--Introduction Paragraph
• How to Write an Essay:...
How to Write an Essay (Part 2)--Body Paragraphs
Quick Overview: • How to Write an Essay:...
Step By Step: • How to Write Essay Bod...
How to Write an Essay (Part 3)--Conclusion Paragraph
• How to Write an Essay:...
How to Write an Essay (Part 4)--Transitions
• How to Write an Essay:...
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Quite thorough. Thank you Is there a template for the key elements on how a basic body paragraph is made up of. Is it right to think for details sentences to provide reasons , results or contrasts ?? Thanks

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Thank you for your comment! Here is a video on detail sentences in a paragraph. The audio is low, but maybe this will help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3uplHyNoJpqnZo

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Hello africasfinest52, thank you, your kind words are encouraging to me:) This video is a short one...these three have more information and might be more helpful: - Essay introduction paragraph: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHi4ZoehnZKFrMk - Essay body paragraphs step by step: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4q8eImlns6klbc - Essay conclusion paragraph: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHPMmoWonL99nM0 There is also a video about transitions, but the above videos are the main ones.

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Hello, thank you for your comment! In case it's helpful, this video explains body paragraphs in more detail: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4q8eImlns6klbc

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