Body Paragraph Organization & Development.

should open with a topic sentence that makes a claim about your thesis (ideally, one of the supporting ideas you should have mentioned in your introductory paragraph). Then, introduce at least two to three well-explained details that help your reader see the validity of the argument in your topic sentence (1 sentence to introduce that detail and another 1 or 2 to explain the connection to the topic sentence. 1 DETAIL = 2-3 SENTENCES). Finally, close the paragraph out with a concluding sentence that restates the main idea from the topic sentence to remind the reader what the most important point was they read. Ultimately, this will lead to body paragraphs that are about 8 sentences long (minimally).