A detailed guide to main body paragraphs including topic sentences, supporting sentences and ideas, concluding sentences, paraphrasing and referencing.

1. Writing a Main Body
Paragraph
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2. Main body paragraph
These paragraphs will
cover the main ideas
outlined in the
introduction.
They should be coherent
and logical in their order.
Main body paragraph
Topic sentence
Supporting ideas
Concluding sentence
Main body paragraph
Topic sentence
Supporting ideas
Concluding sentence
Main body paragraph
Topic sentence
Supporting ideas
Concluding sentence

3. By breaking the
main body
paragraphs into
clear topics you
can organise the
flow of the
essay.
Main body paragraph Main body paragraph
Topic sentence
Supporting ideas
Concluding sentence
Main body paragraph
Topic sentence
Supporting ideas
Concluding sentence
Main body paragraph
Topic sentence
Supporting ideas
Concluding sentence
Main idea 1
Social
Main idea 2
Economic
Main idea 3
Cultural

4. Main body paragraph: Topic sentence
Introduce the main idea of the paragraph.
Help the reader understand what the whole
paragraph will be about.
Give them a chance to predict what’s
coming next.
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5. Main body paragraph: Topic sentence
Introduce the main idea of the paragraph.
Help the reader understand what the whole
paragraph will be about.
Give them a chance to predict what’s
coming next.

6. Main body paragraph: Topic sentence
Should clearly identify the topic of this paragraph.
“Social media applications can be used for a
wide variety of educational purposes.”
This sentence provides the reader with a
balanced introduction to the use of social media.

7. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
You can support your ideas using:
descriptions *analysis*
definitions
examples
statistics
quotations
citations

8. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
descriptions: Provide a clear and
accurate description. This will allow
the reader to identify the relevance of
this topic to their own research or
studies.

9. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
descriptions:
“Social media applications come in a
variety of forms and can be installed
on many different devices.”

10. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
definitions: This can be similar to a dictionary
definition. It will provide exact details for a specific
keyword or phrase. This will inform the reader, who
may not have a background in your chosen subject
area.

11. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
definitions:
“A social media application is a
software programme used for
connecting with other people online.”

12. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
examples: Give specific examples from
reputable sources, this will add
strength to your essay and
demonstrate diligence in your
research.

13. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
examples:
“For example, the BBC (2014) have
stated that 7 out of 10 students have
admitted to using a mobile phone
during a school lesson.”

14. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
statistics: Specific facts
and figures provide
accurate and verifiable
information to the
reader.

15. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
statistics:
“The UK government (2015) report that
95% of young people own a mobile
phone.”

16. quotations: Specific
quotations from reputable
sources can add colour
to your essay and
summarise key ideas
and concepts.
Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas

17. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
quotations
Mobile phones are a major
distraction in the secondary
school classroom.

18. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
In academic writing
citations are used to
quote or paraphrase
the work of others.

19. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
Mobile phones have been
shown to have a positive
effect on encouraging primary
school children to read more
often (Debens, 2012).

20. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
Paraphrasing involves
the use of ideas from
elsewhere and putting
them into your own
words.

21. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
It is an essential
academic skill and
demonstrates the
breadth of your
research to the reader.

22. Main body paragraph: Supporting ideas
You cannot present a
strong academic
argument if you do not
support it with academic
sources. Duh!

23. Main body paragraph: Concluding sentence
Conclude the paragraph, paraphrase
the topic sentence.
Subtle repetition
reinforces the paragraph topic.

24. Main body paragraph: Concluding sentence
This concluding sentence should
summarise your analysis.
This shows clear reasoning and a
balanced perspective at the end of
each paragraph.

25. Conclude the paragraph and
paraphrase the topic sentence
“As can be seen from the points above, social
media applications provide a variety of benefits,
along with some drawbacks, for students in terms
of cultural development.”
Main body paragraph: Concluding sentence

26. Writing a Main Body
Paragraph
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