BODY PARAGRAPHS

Aim: How can we improve our expository writing?

Objectives: Integrate quotations

Do Now: Review components of a body paragraph

Homework: Finish paragraphs

Topic Sentence

TOPs (Topic Sentence) is the main idea of the paragraph (not a detail)The TOPs is one sentence in lengthIt is the first sentence of a body

paragraphIt is the interpretation or argument

that the entire paragraph will focus on

TAG + Main Idea + SW?

Developing Idea

The TOPs is followed by a developing idea.

The developing idea develops the TOPs. It further expands on the idea in the TOPs

The developing idea is 2-4 sentences immediately following the TOPs.

Write out a “How” and “Why” question about your argument and answer it in 2-4 sentences.

Example and Quotation

Example from story- The example illustrates the TOPs in 1-3 sentences.

Quotation- Quotations are taken from the text and cited properly. They are integrated and properly cited. Quotations provide PROOF of the argument or

interpretation. 1-3 sentences

Inference or Analysis of Quotation

Inference or Analysis of the Quotation- An analysis of the quote in relation to the TOPs.

It is NOT a summary, it is an analysis. 3-5 sentences

Concluding Sentence

The conclusion is the final sentence of the body paragraph.

It is NOT a recap of the paragraph. The conclusion interconnects the main

idea of the paragraph with the “so what-ness”?

The conclusion illustrates the significance and consequences of your idea.

Topic Sentence   In Ray Bradbury’s short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” he illustrates how people’s dependence on technology

detaches them from nature, ultimately leading to the destruction of the world around them.  Developing Idea How does a detachment from nature lead to destruction?   Technology is a consuming, part of everyday life Overuse of technology creates isolation/distancing Technology takes the place of nature, and gives people basic needs (food, shelter, etc)   Modern society depends on technology for survival. Basic needs, such as food, shelter, and luxuries such as

entertainment, once provided by nature, are now all attained through technological devices. Individuals no longer have be part of the real world because nature is brought to them through electronics.

  Quotation   Nature is replaced and kept at a distance by the house. Even after the family is long gone, technology continues to

keep nature at a distance. “If a sparrow touched the window the shade popped up… Not even a bird must touch this house” (2).

  Analysis of Quotation   How does this quotation connect to the topic sentence?   With nature locked out, it is out of sight out of mind Animals the are part of nature are replaced in the nursery Yellow giraffes, blue lions, pink antelopes, false reality No concern for nature, out of sight, out of mind.   Conclusion   Human-developed technology that causes humans to be unattached, isolated from nature, is what ultimately causes

their downfall in the form of a nuclear Armageddon.