Mrs.

Rowe English 9A Research

Writing the Body Paragraphs

Your first body point paragraph will be the first point of your thesis statement. For most of you, it will be background information.

Your second body point paragraph will be the second point of your thesis statement.

Your third body point paragraph will be the third point of your thesis statement.

REMINDERS: You need A !EA" one citation per paragraph, but you should ha#e more than one in most cases. You are re$uired to ha#e A !EA" % citations in your paper. & 'f you ha#e a person, you must refer to your person(s name )both first and last* in each topic sentence. Each time after that you can refer to your person by either his+her full name or his+her last name. NEVER refer to your person by his/her first name on y )e,ample- Rosa .arks / not Rosa* opic sentences should introduce the person(s name or e#ent(s name or group(s name and the topic of that paragraph. 0se transition words to make smooth transitions from one paragraph to the ne,t. Each paragraph should be appro,imately 123 sentences or M4RE. &each body paragraph needs in2te,t citations. / see in2te,t citation handout for e,amples on how to correctly use in2te,t citations. Remember if you do not ha#e correct in2te,t citations, you are plagiari5ing6 'f you use something directly from your sources it not only needs to be cited, it needs to be in $uotation marks. 7o not use contractions )e,- don(t* "pell out smaller numbers &7o not use 8st or 9nd person pronouns like- you, ', we, me, my, you, etc