The TEEEL

Paragraph
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 The TEEEL
Paragraph
for an Essay
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 The TEEEL Paragraph
✓This is the format that you must use for
the body paragraphs of your essay
✓TEEEL consists of:

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 The TEEEL
Paragraph for
a Synthesis
Paragraph
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 The Rules Differ Slightly
✓In the TEEEL paragraph for essays, you must
only present one main idea per paragraph
✓In the TEEEL paragraph for the synthesis
paragraph, you must present a few main ideas
in the whole paragraph
✓ You have to combine sources from both texts
in one sentence if they’re discussing one main
idea
✓There is no need to have an explanation
sentence for every example → you may leave
out a few
✓Be mindful that you have a word limit to
adhere to

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 The Rules Differ Slightly
These are the sentences/types of info
that should be in your synthesis
paragraph:
✓Topic sentence (TS)
• Only ONE sentence → the first sentence of the
paragraph
• You are not allowed to have citations here →
can be rephrased from the question itself
• There is no need for an explanation sentence
after
✓Main Idea
• Should come immediately after the TS
• Make sure you include the proper transition
markers (First, Secondly, Next, etc.)
• Can either stand on its own as a sentence, OR
merged together with the relevant evidence

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 The Rules Differ Slightly
✓ Evidence
• You must include a citation
• Can either stand on its own as a sentence, OR merged
together with the related main idea
✓ Explanation
• You cannot have citations in this sentence
• It is not necessary to have an explanation sentence for
every main idea + evidence
• For example, if there are a total of 3 main ideas → you
may have only one or two explanation sentences
• For example, if there are a total of 4 main ideas → you
may have only two or three explanation sentences
✓ Linking Sentence (LS)
• Only ONE sentence → the last sentence of the paragraph
• You are not allowed to have citations here → can be
rephrased from the question itself

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 Formats You Can Use
✓Refer to the samples provided in
the following slides:
• Format A – Independent Learner
• Format B – Violent Video Games
✓Be mindful of the type of
information that you present
✓Also, there’s no need for you to
highlight anything in your synthesis
paragraph
• I only provided the highlights in the
samples just to SHOW you the
different types of
sentences/information
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 Formats You Can Use
Format A Format B
✓ Topic Sentence → NO CITATION ✓ Topic Sentence → NO CITATION
✓ Main Idea 1 ✓ Main Idea 1 + Evidence 1
✓ Evidence 1 ✓ Explanation 1 → NO CITATION
✓ Explanation 1 → NO CITATION ✓ Main Idea 2 + Evidence 2
✓ Main Idea 2 ✓ Explanation 2 → NO CITATION
✓ Evidence 2 ✓ Main Idea 3 + Evidence 3
✓ Explanation 2 → NO CITATION ✓ Explanation 3 → NO CITATION
✓ Main Idea 3 ✓ Linking Sentence → NO CITATION
✓ Evidence 3
✓ Explanation 3 → NO CITATION
✓ Linking Sentence → NO CITATION

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Format A

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Format B

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 In-text Citation/Referencing
✓You must have in-text citations in all
your body paragraphs/synthesis
paragraph
✓In-text citation/referencing format if
there is an author
• According to Greig (2021)…
• Greig (2021) states that…
• …(Greig, 2021).

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 In-text Citation/Referencing
✓If there is no author, either
• Organisation name
❖BBC, 2021
❖The Times, 2021
• Title of the article
❖“The land of unicorns”
(2021)
❖“How to not be addicted to
coffee” (2021)

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