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• Structure your body paragraphs by beginning with a topic sentence – this is the topic of your paragraph. • Provide supporting evidence with citations, but also ensure that you paraphrase and summarise your sources more often than you quote. • It is essential that each paragraph have some of your own analysis and commentary. This
Define: Give the meaning; bring attention to different interpretations and problems with the definition. Demonstrate/illustrate/show: Present the stages/factors that give rise to a phenomenon or show how an assertion is valid; present in a logical order with examples/evidence/reasoned arguments.
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Academic paragraphs work like court reports rather than murder mysteries; start with the end result and then explain how you got there, rather than taking the reader on an exploration with the purpose only revealed at the end.
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paragraphs, and how to completely and clearly express your ideas. What is a paragraph? Paragraphs are the building blocks of papers. Many students define paragraphs in terms of length: a paragraph is a group of at least five sentences, a paragraph is half a page long, etc.
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Examples of questions requiring a definition paragraph. 1. What is venture capital? 2. Define ‘over-fishing’. 3. What are longitudinal dunes? 4. What is meant by protein quality? 5. What is cholera?
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Colour-coded paragraphs Follow the structural paragraph format detailed on the opposite page to construct your paragraph. Using highlighter pens of different colours, highlight each line of your paragraph to indicate Topic sentence, Explanation/definition, Evidence and Comment, Concluding Sentence. Have you constructed a ‘unity’ paragraph?
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1. Use examples. 2. Tell a story illustrating the idea. 3. Compare and Contrast. 4. Give data (such as facts, statistics, etc) A good way to think of a paragraph and how it is structured is like a sandwich.
