1. Writing Body Paragraph 1 of Your Mini-Essay

2. What are the 5 parts of the perfect paragraph?

3. 1. Topic sentence

4. 2. Elaboration of topic sentence

5. 3. Evidence

6. Reinforcement of Evidence

7. 5. Conclusion

8. Topic sentence: (1 sentence)
Identify a character trait that you think will change for your character. Do not cite the author or novel title.
This should be a trait that your character exhibits on many occasions
This should be a defining characteristic for your character—a trait that is at the core of who the character is

9. Elaboration of topic sentence
(2-3 sentences)
Continue to develop and support claim about your character. Where/when do you see your character behave this way?
Provide context for your quote

10. Evidence (1-2 sentences) Introduce your quote with a tag
Select a short, relevant, and interesting quotation to prove your claim

11. Evidence Reinforcement
(2-4 sentences)
Use your quotation to support your claim
Why/how does the quotation prove the trait describes the character?

12. Conclusion (1 sentence)
Present character trait is a more thorough way, and include an insight about the character and/or trait