Meeting 6 Body Paragraph

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UNIVERSITAS PAMULANG
MEETING 6
BODY PARAGRAPH
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Objectives:
In this section, the students will learn about how to write a body
paragraph. By the end of this session, the students are able to:
1. Explain the component of body paragraphs
2. Develop body parapagrps from a thesis statement
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The Purpose of the Body Paragraph
 In essays, body paragraphs are the sections of text that

provide evidence to support the thesis statement.
 On the other words, a body paragraph is some
paragraphs in the essay that come after introduction and
before the conclusion.
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 Fosle (2014) stated that each paragraph in the body of an essay

includes a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
 The topic sentence tells the reader the main topic of the paragraph.
 The topic sentence also gives the reader information about the
writer’s purpose.
 The topic sentence will be supported by some supporting
sentences.
 Common supporting sentences give more explanation, examples,
reasons, facts about the topic.
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The Importance of Body Paragraph

 The body paragraph plays a very important role in
proving the essay thesis presented in the
introduction.
 In body paragraph, the writer gives the elaboration of
the thesis statement by giving argument, opinion,
and thoughts.
 A body paragraph consists of topic sentence,
supporting sentences and concluding sentence.
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 Each topic sentence of the body paragraph will include

one of the ideas from the thesis statement in the
introduction paragraph.
 Each topic sentence will be supported by supporting
sentences which are given in the form of explanation,
examples, and evidence.
 Each paragraph of the body should be completed by
conclusion or concluding paragraph.
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Structure of a body paragraph
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Topic Sentence
 Topic sentence is a sentence that state the main idea of

a paragraph.
 Topic sentence includes the topic and controlling idea or
main idea which show the opinion of the writer about the
topic.
 The controlling idea of the topic sentence of the body
paragraph is obtained from the thesis statement.
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Supporting details/ supporting sentences

 Supporting sentences are the sentences that make
up the body of a paragraph.
 The supporting sentences prove and enhance the
controlling idea of the topic sentence by giving facts,
statistics, reasons, quotations or examples.
 The type of supporting sentences will depend on
what and why you are writing.
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Concluding Sentence
 Concluding sentence should remind the reader to the

main idea of the topic.
 Concluding sentence can be written by restating the
main idea.
 You should not introducing the new idea in the
concluding sentence.
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How to write
body
paragraphs?
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Start with determining

the thesis statement.
The usefulness of Smart Phones in the Classroom
Smartphones are becoming a part of every day life. They

are used for various reasons and are even being used more
often in the classroom. Being able to check facts, take test,
and make presentations are some ways that smart phones
are usefull in the classroom.
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The thesis statement of the introductory paragraph above is “Being

able to check facts, take test, and make presentations are
some ways that smart phones are useful in the classroom.”
There are three main ideas stated in the thesis statement above.
Those main ideas will be developed in the body paragraphs:
a. check facts
b. take tests
c. make presentation
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Composing the topic sentence from

the main ideas
a. Composing the topic sentence using the first main idea.
To write the first body paragraph, you must write the topic
sentence using the first main idea: check facts. The possible topic
sentence can be: “One of the most common usage of smartphone
is for looking up facts and information”
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After determining the topic sentence, you need to

brainstorm what kind of checking facts that the smartphone
can do.
1 Check Facts
A Historical Information
B Latest News Reports
C Dictionary
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Topic One of the most common usage of
sentence smartphone is for looking up facts and
information.
Supporting
Details
Historical Articles about historical events can be
Information assessed via the internet. For example, a
copy of Declaration of Independence can be
found easily.
Latest new In addition, reading the latest news reports
report for discussion in the classroom is also a
possibility.
Dictionary Moreove, most smartphone have a dictionary
to help with spelling and meaning of unknown
words.
Conclusion The smartphone makes acees to this
information very convenient for student.
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Composing the third topic sentence

using the third main idea
 To write the third body paragraph, you must compose the
topic sentence of the third main idea: make presentation.
 The possible topic sentence can be : “ Finaly the
smartphone is capable of bring used to give presentation
in the classroom.”
 Next, you need to brainstorm the second main idea: make
presentation.
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3 Make presentation
A No need for USB
B Store information
C Connect directly to projector
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Now let’s make the third body paragraph using the information above:
Topic sentence Finally, the smartphone is capable of

being used to give presentation in the
classroom.
Supporting
sentences
No need for This eliminates the needs for a USB,
USB which was a necessarily in the past.
Store The smartphone is able to store large
information amounts of data which is useful when
making presentation
Connect directly Also, connecting the smartphone to a
to projector projector is simple and allows larger
groups to be able see the presentation
easily
Conclusion All of these reasons demonstrate the
usefulness of the smartphone in the
classroom.
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PROGRAM STUDI SASTRA INGGRIS

The Purpose of the Body Paragraph

 In essays, body paragraphs are the sections of text that

 Fosle (2014) stated that each paragraph in the body of an essay

The Importance of Body Paragraph

 Each topic sentence of the body paragraph will include

Structure of a body paragraph

 Topic sentence is a sentence that state the main idea of

Supporting details/ supporting sentences

 Concluding sentence should remind the reader to the

Start with determining

Smartphones are becoming a part of every day life. They

The thesis statement of the introductory paragraph above is “Being

Composing the topic sentence from

a. Composing the topic sentence using the first main idea.

After determining the topic sentence, you need to

Composing the third topic sentence

Topic sentence Finally, the smartphone is capable of

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