In this video, you will be learning more about how to build a body paragraph.

Building your essay’s body paragraphs should be in a structural manner, such that it’s consistent and that it smoothly transitions between different arguments and paragraphs. Body paragraphs mainly consist of a clearly-introduced topic, followed by the argument statement and examples to support the argument or prove a point.

Here are the instructions on how to write the body paragraphs:

1. Brainstorming in the outline: Back to a point that was previously stated during the course; brainstorming is the most efficient way to organize your thoughts and dreams. Brainstorming the ideas and then placing the keywords as headings to the paragraphs is recommended to have a clear vision of what each paragraph should include. In the process of building paragraphs, the order of the body paragraphs should be taken into consideration.

2. Introducing your dreams: To introduce your dream, you should elaborate more on the origins of your dreams or aspirations. Why did you choose this path? How do you plan on pursuing your dream? And what are the most important factors that would help you achieve these dreams?

3. Supporting your ambitions: Anyone can dream. But achieving and pursuing your dreams is the difficult part. Elaborating on previous experiences or examples of achieving other dreams can help in supporting your argument. Therefore, you should properly incorporate your inspirations, role models and ideas that helped in motivating you to formulate this dream.

4. Paragraph transitions: Writing one topic per paragraph is usually recommended to avoid confusion and to provide a more organized writing. The separation of paragraphs should not affect the consistency of the essay. Therefore, the use of transitions is a must when shifting to another paragraph. Transitions such as therefore, additionally, lastly, and in conclusion can all be used to smoothly transition between the body paragraphs of your essays.

Body paragraphs contain all the information about your topic. Brainstorming ideas, introducing the arguments correctly, providing sufficient support to the arguments and smoothly transitioning between topics are the key elements to better body paragraphs.

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