MEAT-ier Paragraphs: Questions to Help

1. Main Ideas → AKA Topic Sentence: What is your paragraph is about?
   1. What is my opinion or idea regarding this text/thesis?
2. Evidence → The basis as to why you think your opinion is right.
   1. Where does this evidence come from? (Context)
   2. The evidence - this can be a quote OR a paraphrase and the citation.
3. Analysis → In depth explanation of evidence and connection to idea
   1. What does this evidence mean? (Interpretation - part of analysis.)
   2. How does this piece of evidence prove my opinion?
   3. What parts of the evidence prove my opinion and how?
   4. Why is this particular piece of evidence important?
4. Transition/Closing
   1. How does this relate to the overall essay/thesis?
   2. How does this relate to the next topic in my essay?