Body Paragraph Graphic Organizer
Topic Sentence
Explanation and Elaboration
Introduce the main idea of this paragraph.
Explain how your example connects to your main idea.
Examples
Concluding Sentence
Provide facts in quote, summary, or paraphrase form.
Recaps the main idea
Topic Sentence
Transition to the first
example
First Example
Explanation and
Elaboration
Transition to the second
example
Second Example
Explanation and
Elaboration
Transition to the third
example
Third Example
Explanation and
Elaboration
Concluding
Sentence
Transition to the next
paragraph