Body Paragraphs

                The body of the essay is made up of one or more paragraphs. Each of these paragraphs has a topic sentence, suporting sentences, and sometimes concluding sentences. Each of the body paragraphs support the thesis statement.

                Model Essay:

                Reread the body paragraphs of the model essay. The topic sentence of each paragraph introduces an area that has been changed by personal computers. Then each topic sentence is followed by several sentences that give specific examples of the changes.

Thesis statement

Personal computers have especially revolutionized communication and business practices in the past twenty years.

Topic sentences

•  Perhaps the most important effect of personal computers has been to expand our ability to communicate with the outside world.

• Besides improving communication, personal computers have made it possible to do business from home.

Bibliography

Oshima, Alice and Hogue, Ann. 1997. Introduction to Academic Writing. Second Edition. White Plains, N.Y: Addison Wesley Longman.