Body Paragraph #1

A. Topic Sentence: (What will this paragraph be about?)

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B. Introduction to Evidence: (What sentence or sentences leads into your

evidence? Maybe explain where you found the evidence, or list the authors name of the
evidence, or explain a situation that the evidence refers to.)
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C. Evidence: (What specific facts or ideas are you bringing into play here? Be
sure to include your parenthetical citation: authors last name and page #).
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D. Explanation of Evidence: (Explain how this evidence proves, disproves,
supports, etc. your topic sentence.)
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E. Concluding Sentence: (How will you connect this paragraph back to your
thesis? Write a sentence which explains how the evidence above proves your thesis
statement.)
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