The conceptual components — direction, movement and bridges — form the logical makeup of an effective paragraph. The structural elements — topic sentence, transitions, evidence, analysis and ...

The introductory paragraph is represented by the first triangle, which begins generally and leads to a specific point. The next two boxes are the body paragraphs. This is where the support for the ...

This handout breaks the paragraph down into its conceptual and structural components. It is useful to envision body paragraphs as links in the chain of reasoning that forms the overall argument of ...