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TEAL: A Template for Building Your Body Paragraphs
Kim Hobbs
ENGL 1102
Georgia State University
TEAL Method
Introduction
The TEAL paragraph template is designed to help you outline your body paragraphs and develop a thesis statement.
Topic Sentence
What is a topic sentence?
Where does it fall in a body paragraph?
You Try!
Chose a Topic
Write a sentence introducing your topic.
Example
What is an example?
Write down 3 examples relating to the topic you chose.
Analysis
What?
What are you saying about your topic?
Why is your example important in communicating your topic to the audience?
Why?
How does your example help explain your topic?
How?
You Try!
Chose one of your examples.
Explain why and how your example helps the reader better understand what your topic is exploring.
Lead-In
Lead-in
What’s next?
Your lead-in guides your reader into the next body paragraph.
What’s next
You Try!
Write a sentence that tells your reader what's next.