Mastering Paragraph Structuring in Reflective Writing
Learn how to structure paragraphs effectively using the PEEL method for reflective writing projects. Understand the importance of incorporating critical analysis language, presenting evidence, providing explanations, and linking ideas within each paragraph to convey your points clearly and cohesively.
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Getting started Lesson 1: Quick introduction to structuring a paragraph for the reflective project
This means your language must be suitable for discussing the how and why of: First recognise you will use the language of critical analysis NOT descriptive language reasons issues bias perspectives ethics culture communities strengths weaknesses opinions connections dilemmas evidence ideas
Find a system to structure paragraphs that work You could use PEEL Point Evidence Explain Link
PEEL clarified Point The topic sentence. Your first sentence must state your point. It introduces the topic you re about to discuss and tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about. Evidence Support your point with evidence and examples. Give evidence to expand upon and support the point you made. Evidence can include facts, statistics, research findings, quotes from a credible authority or a primary text that you think supports your point. Explanation This is where you show your understanding by explaining in more detail how and why your evidence supports your point. Your explanation should interpret the evidence for the reader. Link The last sentence should reinforce your original point or link your writing to the next paragraph. The link sentence provides a transition to the next topic or paragraph.
Look at an example All paragraphs need to begin with a topic sentence. This means it is a sentence that captures what your whole paragraph will be discussing. It does not matter if your idea is simple or complex, the same system can be used whether Peel, Real and/or Seal.
PEEL in more detail for more complex writing POINT Your topic sentence provides fluidity and unity within your reflective project. Therefore the first sentence of each research question and issue and dilemma under discussion. When crafting your opening sentence/s, be precise and clear so that the main idea can easily be extracted with little or no effort. EVIDENCE The evidence presented should be consistent with an academic piece of work; therefore the evidence provided should be credible and verifiable such as statistics, concrete examples, illustrations from varied sources. The evidence you collect needs to fulfil the criteria A, B, and C especially it needs to be relevant and reliable. EXPLAIN Do not be fooled by the apparent simplicity of the word explain ; this part of the paragraph may be the largest one as it involves critical analysis - interpreting, evaluating as well as providing further details to accompany your main idea. Your interpretation should weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of the ideas/perspectives/evidence you have put forward as well as analysis of the reliability of the source or the context in which it was derived. This part of the paragraph also might also explore assumptions made on the evidence provided or judgements and claims made with an assessment of its subsequent accuracy. LINK The last part of your paragraphs can provide a link back to three things; the main argument being explored, other points discussed as an accumulated effect and to the next topic or paragraph. It may well be that the link sentence that could finish the last paragraph is actually better placed as the first sentence of the next paragraph combined with the new topic sentence.
Use a system, that works for you, to structure your ideas. PEEL is just one. You could use PEEL Or use REAL And then you could develop with SEAL Point Evidence Explain Link Reason/Idea Evidence to support this Analysis of how example supports Link with focus/other reasons found State strength/weakness in idea/opinion Explain why it s a strength/weakness Assess significance and impact to community Link to previous and/or next point
Point? Evidence? Explanation? Link? The evidence clearly shows . With this in mind, it is evident that It has been suggested that . It is believed that . The source clearly indicates that . Therefore it is evident that This supports the argument by . This is demonstrated by One argument is that Many people believe that The source tells use that . It appears that This shows us that This demonstrates that All this evidence demonstrates One school of thought is that Some people argue that It is clear from this that This is supported by Where would you use these phrases in an analytical paragraph?
