How to Write the Body of an Essay

Write an essay to express feelings, thought and opinions on a given subject. An essay should include three main parts: an introduction, a body and a conclusion. Presenting an essay in a structured format can most successfully convey your thoughts on a subject. Use the tips below for writing the body of the essay.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Make the body a sufficient length. For a short essay, 1 paragraph may be sufficient. A standard essay or theme paper written for junior high or high school should be five total paragraphs, having 3 supporting paragraphs in the body.

2. Support the thesis statement made in the introduction with each body paragraph. Each paragraph should provide supporting evidence and justification of the thesis statement, or what the paper is about. Use facts, evidence and examples. This should take up at least 3 sentences of the body paragraph.

3. Write each paragraph as a stand-alone paragraph. This means that while the paragraph supports the thesis, it should also be complete thought in and of itself. It should be a sub-topic within the main topic.

4. Begin each body paragraph with a topic sentence clearly stating what the paragraph will be about. Follow up with at least three sentences using evidence to support the topic sentence.

5. Make each paragraph a sufficient length. Each paragraph should have at least 4 sentences, 1 topic sentence and at least 3 supporting sentences. Do make sure every word counts, however. If an essay needs extra words for length, it is probably not a relevant subject to write an essay on.