Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles hello ladies and gentlemen this is mister Guy. I'm going to talk to you about writing good body paragraphs the body paragraphs are the heart your essay. they carry the message YES, the introduction is important yes the conclusion is important but those body paragraphs are very important. so what we're going to talk about is what makes a good body paragraph and then we're gonna look at examples a good body paragraph that are well developed. okay first good body paragraphs have a clear topic sentence with main points to support the topic sentence sometimes a body paragraph can have two main points and sometimes can have three main points either way there's a topic sentence with two to three main points good body paragraphs have support an explanation for the main points this is very important we make points but then we explain the importance and significance of them. We explain the importance and use connectors to make the paragraph feel together when I say connectors I'm talking about words like firstly, secondly, in addition, moreove. I'm talking about words like and, but, so -- all words that connect our ideas. all right now let's take a look at the basic format basic format is that a body paragraph has a very clear topic sentence I like my topic sentences short sweet and to the point. very direct once we make our topic sentence then we come up with main idea warm and then we explain we support, we give details an explanation We will look at an example paragraph before we look at the example paragraph however you know these words for example are used when we give examples we use words like this means when we explain things when we show affects we use words like as a resul, or so when we show causes we use words like because when we show similarities use words like similarly this is similar to and sometimes we show differences special contrast we use words like in contrast or we say this is different and the point here is that in order to develop our thoughts we need to give examples we need to explain what we mean we need to show affects maybe show causes if it's appropriate show similarities when when it's appropriate and we show differences but the idea is that we don't make a statement without developing it so we're going to do is we're going to look at a paragraph about solar panels I wanna make sure you do know what solar panels are and solar panels are these things that go on top of the roof of a house. group the people's house and many people are using solar panels to people save a lot of electricity by using solar energy and to actually create their own small business so here's a little bit a background about but the paragraph is going to be about now here's a body paragraph and I'm telling you now it's underdeveloped you can look at the word count: its 39 works but let's look at what's good about it for a second first you can see clear topic sentence putting solar panels in your home can help you save money so this whole paragraph is gonna be about solar panels in saving money so I've got first point and I've got a second point so what I've got is a paragraph but it undeveloped it's got two main point look firstly and secondly and that's pretty good but it's not developed so what can we do well we can start adding support an explanation in details let's take a look here's the same paragraph but more developed topic sentence installing solar panels will improve your finances okay so to save you money the green is the first idea but now it's developed a little bit that's what let's look at it firstly it will help you save money and protect us for example many people report saving up to eighty percent their normal electricity bill so we've got a topic sentence we've got .1 with development then we've got point2 with development secondly many areas have the solar panels setups with family so the family can sell the electric back to the electric company and so there's my second point and then here is the development at that point this means that the electric company but by the energy from you and transfer to their station so I've got two points firstly and secondly I got development for those point and I've got a topic sentence and what's important to understand is that this green part and this red part part 1 and part 2 are important and so is the development for each part the topic sentence the topic sentence says installing solar panels will improve your finances here's the first reason how here's the second reason this is important in terms up to set up a pure now let's look at another paragraph that is more developed k topic sentence installing solar panels will improve your finances okay we know this it will help you save money on their electric bills for example many people report saving up to eighty percent of the normal electricity bill as a result families can put that money in the banks which might help the family pay for college so again here we've got development for point 1 and 2. .1 and then development and what we've got here is a healthy paragraph 105 words it's healthy because it has a topic sentence it has .1 development point to development .1 development .1 in .1 development is here in the green point2 and 2.2 development is here in the red and that's important now I'm gonna show you in other paragraph that I took from the internet to support the same thing here's a simple example it says my home town is famous for several natural or several amazing natural features so this writer has first right first and this writer has second can now instead of second he used also and then he actually has a third point so he said first also and third to the ideas he has a topic sentence he has a topic sentence he has a first I'm gonna make this a color he has a first he has in also instead of a second that was his choice and he has a third so this writer has three main points first body paragraph but each point is developed so for example first it is noted for the Wheaton River which is very wide in beautiful and then all this is development up the first point first it is noted for their week river which is very wide in beautiful men he gives examples and details in he makes it significant for the reader either side of the river which is a 175 feet wide are many willow trees which have long branches that can move gracefully in the wind in autumn the leaves above the trees fall and cover the river banks in golden snow all this supports the idea and it's beautiful in the writer goes on again says also the other side of town is we can Hill which is unusual because it is very steep so here he's going to discuss. the steepness even though it is steep climb the hill is not dangerous because there are some firm rocks along the side that can be used the stairs there are no trees around the hill so it stands clearly against this kind can be seen for many miles away so again he's giving details for his second point and its third point he said the third amazing feature is the big oak tree now this part is talking about the big oak tree so the idea here is that we we have a topic sentence we have two to three support sentences and development for each support sentence this is critical an important aspect I thought good paragraph that feels together now let's look at some other words used of course first or firstly also third these are connected words these are words that helped give the essay a feeling of connectedness okay other types of important words you can see because and even though and show and and from you know words like and so using using connector works subordinating conjunctions coordinating conjunctions and what we call enumerators firstly secondly thirdly and transition traces in addition also moreover all these come together to make the paragraph feel very connected okay I hope this helps and please if you have any questions ask me