Question

What is the purpose of the body of an essay?

How many paragraphs generally make up the body?

What must be listed in the introduction and then written about in the body?

Is there any special order of things in the body paragraphs? What do you notice?

Answer 1

A paragraph consist of 5-7 sentences and the body shows detail of your subject and topic and thesis

Answer 2

~ you proof your main point in your body paragraphs (each body paragraph is a proof, usually).

~ I would not say. I wrote 10 sentences for a body paragraph in middle school, but had about a page or more body paragraph on a final writing exam.

Answer 3

introduction? is an introduction. a cohesive flow into the bodies.