TEPAC Analytical Paragraph
Elements of the Analytical Paragraph / Sentence Frames/PhrasesTopic Sentence
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
What is your answer to the writing prompt? Use words used in the writing prompt and text.
Evidence
Provide information or details from the text that supports your topic sentence. / · For instance, in the text it states, “___” (Author’s Last Name, Page or Paragraph #).
· For example ____ says “____”(Author’s Last Name, Page or Paragraph #).
Paraphrase Evidence
Put the quote/evidence in your own words.
Use your own language to express the author’s ideas. / · In other words this means ____.
· That is to say ____.
· Basically this is saying that ___.
Analysis of Evidence
Why is this evidence important? Explain why the evidence is significant.
What does this evidence mean? Provide your interpretation of the evidence. / · From this, we can infer that ___.
· This suggests that ___.
· We can interpret this to mean that___.
Concluding
Using different words, explain how the evidence connects to and supports the claim you made in the topic sentence. / · ______clearly suggests that _____.
· In summary …
· As one can see …
Adopted from Sonja Munévar Gagnon
TEPAC Analytical Paragraph
Elements of the Analytical Paragraph / Sentence Frames/PhrasesTopic Sentence
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
What is your answer to the writing prompt? Use words used in the writing prompt and text.
Evidence
Provide information or details from the text that supports your topic sentence. / · For instance, in the text it states, “___” (Author’s Last Name, Page or Paragraph #).
· For example ____ says “____”(Author’s Last Name, Page or Paragraph #).
Paraphrase Evidence
Put the quote/evidence in your own words.
Use your own language to express the author’s ideas. / · In other words this means ____.
· That is to say ____.
· Basically this is saying that ___.
Analysis of Evidence
Why is this evidence important? Explain why the evidence is significant.
What does this evidence mean? Provide your interpretation of the evidence. / · From this, we can infer that ___.
· This suggests that ___.
· We can interpret this to mean that___.
Concluding
Using different words, explain how the evidence connects to and supports the claim you made in the topic sentence. / · ______clearly suggests that _____.
· In summary …
· As one can see …
Adopted from Sonja Munévar Gagnon