Assessment Brief

The Body Revision

Follow the directions below for the completion of the
body paragraphs revision assignment.
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is
to revise the body of your academic argumentative research paper.

Description: In this assignment, you will
revise the three to four body paragraphs you wrote in your paper.
The following requirements must be included in the
assignment:

 Body Paragraphs: You will revise the body section
of your paper and revise the introduction.
This section will include three to four
paragraphs comprised of five to seven sentences each.
Each
paragraph should be between 150-200
words. At a minimum, this portion of the paper should be around 450-600 words (for three paragraphs); a
body section of this length will meet the minimum requirements of the
assignment. Revisions must be substantive and should be made in accordance with
the direction.
The
following components must be included in each body paragraph (in the following
order).
Sentence 1: Point/reason sentence: This topic
sentence will contain one of your reasons. Sentence 2: Explanation: In this sentence, you
will provide a sentence that further develops or explains Sentence 1. Sentence 3: Illustration: This sentence introduces
evidence that supports the reason that is presented in Sentence 1. Sentence 4: Explanation of the illustration:
Because the evidence does not necessarily stand on its own, you need to provide
explanation so that the reader will understand how you interpreted the evidence
to come to your reason. Sentences 5-6: Second illustration and
explanation (optional): You may choose to include a second piece of evidence
that is then followed by an explanation. Last Sentence: Transition: In this sentence, you
will signal to the reader that you will be moving on to another point in the
next paragraph. You do this to ease the movement from one point to another. Be
sure to include the introduction and literature review you have already created
and revised.