Body paragraph True or False
Types of evidence
Structure of body paragraphs
What's the problem?
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True or false: The purpose of body paragraphs is to develop ideas that support your thesis statement
True! The argument is developed in the body paragraphs, where writers give reasons that support their point-of-view
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As Whistler himself stated in his essay, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, “My picture of a “Harmony in Grey and Gold is an illustration of my meaning—a snow scene with a single black figure... I care nothing for the ...the black figure, placed there because black was wanted at that spot. All that I know is that my combination of grey and gold is the basis of the picture. Now this is precisely what my friends cannot grasp.”
What kind of evidence is this? a) a quotation from an artist b) the results of research c) an event that provides an example
A! using a quotation from an artist (or art critic, or art historian) to support your thesis will make your opinion more convincing.
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What delicious food looks like the structure of a body paragraph?
A hamburger!!!
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In this paper, I am going to write about the painting Whistler's Mother.
What's the problem?
Inappropriate language! Don't tell me what you are going to do. Just do it!
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True or False: Body paragraphs are where writers put the thesis statement
False! Thesis statements go in the introduction
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When he was 9 years old, the family moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, where his father had the position of chief foreign consultant on the St. Petersburg to Moscow Railway.
What kind of evidence is this? a) a quotation from an artist b) the results of research c) an event that provides an example
C!) an event that provides an example. Evidence can also be a process, event, story, or biographical information that supports the point you are trying to make
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True or False--You should start your body paragraphs with your evidence.
False! Body paragraphs start with topic sentences. Then you must give some background information to help readers understand your evidence. Evidence is not usually introduced until the middle of the paragraph.
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Many of us have had disorienting experiences with architecture. The presentation states poorly designed spaces cause people to have experiences that make them feel disrespected and unseen.
What's the problem?
Evidence not properly introduced:
Many of us have had disorienting experiences with architecture. In his TED Talk How Architecture Can Create Dignity For All, John Cary states poorly designed spaces cause people to have experiences that make them feel disrespected and unseen
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True or false: The first sentence of a body paragraph is called the title sentence
False! It's called a TOPIC SENTENCE. For each body paragraph, writers include a topic sentence that is one point of support for the thesis
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For example, as her firstborn, James MacNeill Whistler had a special place in his mother’s affections. This meant, however, that she was also tremendously ambitious for him and that she was constantly pressuring him to live up to her (and his deceased father’s) expectations for him.
What kind of evidence is this? a) a quotation from an artist b) the results of research c) an event that provides an example
C! an event that provides an example.
Evidence can also be a process, event, story, or biographical information that supports the point you are trying to make
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True or False: After adding evidence into a body paragraph, you need to add a citation.
TRUE! All information you take from your research reading must be cited, even if you express this information in your own words.
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The works of early Modernist Russian painters were undoubtedly an influence on Whistler. When he was 9 years old, the family moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, where his father had the position of chief foreign consultant on the St. Petersburg to Moscow Railway.
What's the problem?
No citation!!
The works of early Modernist Russian painters were undoubtedly an influence on Whistler. When he was 9 years old, the family moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, where his father had the position of chief foreign consultant on the St. Petersburg to Moscow Railway (Hobart 25).
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True or false: Each body paragraph consists mostly of your own ideas combined with information you have taken from your sources (research reading).
TRUE! I want to hear your ideas, but your ideas are more believable when you include EVIDENCE--information from your research--in your body paragraphs
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A 2014 report by Linda Sax at the Museum Research foundation concluded that Van Gogh’s Starry Night was second only to DaVinci’s Mona Lisa for the number of calendars, coffee mugs, T-shirts and tote bags on which the image appears. (“Report on Artistic Reproduction.”)
What kind of evidence is this? a) a quotation from an artist b) the results of research c) an event that provides an example
B) The results of research!
The results of research can be great evidence for a variety of different essays--even Visual Analysis research!
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True or false--Once I have added evidence and cited the source, I am done with that paragraph.
False! you must explain the connection between the evidence in your paragraph and your topic sentence to readers. You must also add a concluding sentence.
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Habitat ’67 was constructed in Montreal in 1967 by architect Moshe Safdie. He decided these buildings isolated people from one another and from nature, and he wanted to design something that allowed people to interact with their neighbors and the outside world (Safdie, “How to Reinvent the Apartment Building”).
What's the problem?
Not enough background information:
Habitat ’67 was constructed in Montreal in 1967 by architect Moshe Safdie. He decided these buildings (What buildings??? I don't know what you're talking about.) isolated people from one another and from nature, and he wanted to design something ..... (Safdie, “How to Reinvent the Apartment Building”).