{"id":145,"date":"2019-01-22T21:02:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T21:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=145"},"modified":"2019-01-22T21:02:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T21:02:21","slug":"paragraphing","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/chapter\/paragraphing\/","title":{"raw":"Paragraphing","rendered":"Paragraphing"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Paragraphing: MEAL Plan<\/h1>\r\nWhen it\u2019s time to draft your essay and bring your content together for your audience, you will be working to build strong paragraphs. Your paragraphs in a research paper will focus on presenting the information you found in your source material and commenting on or analyzing that information.\u00a0<em>It\u2019s not enough to simply present the information in your body paragraphs and move on. You want to give that information a purpose and connect it to your main idea or thesis statement.<\/em>\r\n\r\nYour body paragraphs in a research paper will include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/research-and-citations\/drafting-and-integrating\/drafting-and-integrating-summarizing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summarizing<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/research-and-citations\/drafting-and-integrating\/drafting-and-integrating-paraphrasing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paraphrasing<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/research\/drafting-and-integrating\/drafting-and-integrating-using-quotations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quoting<\/a>\u00a0your source material, but you may be wondering if there is an effective way to organize this information.\r\n\r\nDuke University coined a term called the \u201cMEAL Plan\u201d that provides an effective structure for paragraphs in an academic research paper. Select the pluses to learn what each letter stands for.\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&amp;id=184\" width=\"682\" height=\"363\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/h5p\/h5p-php-library\/js\/h5p-resizer.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>","rendered":"<h1>Paragraphing: MEAL Plan<\/h1>\n<p>When it\u2019s time to draft your essay and bring your content together for your audience, you will be working to build strong paragraphs. Your paragraphs in a research paper will focus on presenting the information you found in your source material and commenting on or analyzing that information.\u00a0<em>It\u2019s not enough to simply present the information in your body paragraphs and move on. 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