Body Paragraphs
Will Never have Questions
The purpose of a body paragraph is to logically argue through ethos, pathos, and logos the assertion made in the thesis statement. Body-paragraphs present a sub-point from the thesis statement—found in the last sentence of the introductory paragraph of the essay—and create a paragraph full of details, sources, analysis, and evidence to defend that sub-point of the thesis.
Use these links to learn more about eliminating QUESTIONS from your writing.
If you are presenting information and you ask your reader a question here or there, then you are defeating the purpose of declaring your argument in the body paragraphs.
When you ask the reader a question, he stops…comes out of the paper…and answers the question for himself. You do not know if the way he answers will benefit your argument. The goal of writing is to entice and KEEP readers in your writing all the way to the end. Only by keeping them there can you argue your point and persuade them of your side.
After reading a question in the body-paragraphs…
Maybe he answers the question and then begins to return to your writing, yet after realizing that he does not agree with your initial statements, he puts down the writing. You just lost your reader.
If the reader does not set down your paper but simply returns to the writing, you—as a writer—now must work twice as hard to re-engage the reader and submerge him back into your views, sources, and argument. Often, the reader never fully submerses his head again into your writing.
If you ask questions throughout your body paragraphs, you risk two things: 1) losing the reader, and 2) sounding like you do not know what you are talking about since you are looking to the reader for answers and stimulating your writing through the question/answer pattern.
It is alright to ask yourself questions in the planning/prewriting phase, but once you have those answers and you begin your draft, all of the questions need to go.
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