BODY PARAGRAPH FORMAT FOR EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL INCIDENTS (PERSON IN ACTION)

 

Sentences in black are your topic sentences and sub-points (general claims); evidence is in red and italics.  Words for you to fill in are underlined. Minimum 7 sentences is just that--a minimum. To fully explain an event or incident you will need at least two or three vivid sentences instead of one.

1) TOPIC SENTENCE:

·       My 12-year-old sister ___________   is extremely  (generous? selfish? vindictive? , obsessed with  _______?).  Or

·       Even though ___________ is _______________, he/she is also extremely (generous? selfish? vindictive? ,   obsessed with  _______?).   

 

2) For example, the way he/she treats his/her (family? friends? strangers? reflects this trait.

 

3) 1-3 sentences describing an actual relevant incident with time, date, place, and what was said and done. 

 

4) In addition to treating (family? friends? strangers?) this way, my sister? wife? mother? also behaves this way with ____________. 

 

5) 1-3 sentences describing an actual relevant incident with time, date, place, what was said and done. 

 

6) Finally, my mother’s relationship with __________ is another illustration of her ability to always _____________.

 

7) 1-3 sentences describing an actual relevant incident with time, date, place, what was said and done.