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    The M.E.A.L. Paragraph is a style of writing that ensures your writing is organized and evidencebased. Toni morrison: "the negative effect the environment can have on the individual" she says in "the bluest eyes," the marigolds in the ground are compared to people in the environment. Morrison: the environment is a powerful influence on the individual.

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    The M.E.A.L. Paragraph is a style of writing that ensures your writing is organized and evidencebased. Toni morrison: "the negative effect the environment can have on the individual" she says in "the bluest eyes," the marigolds in the ground are compared to people in the environment. Morrison: the environment is a powerful influence on the individual.

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    The M.E.A.L. Paragraph is a style of writing that ensures your writing is organized and evidencebased. Toni morrison: "the negative effect the environment can have on the individual" she says in "the bluest eyes," the marigolds in the ground are compared to people in the environment. Morrison: the environment is a powerful influence on the individual.

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    TheM.E.A.L.

    Paragraph
    TheM.E.A.L.paragraphisastyleofwritingthatisensuresyourwritingisorganizedand
    evidencebased.Thisstyleofwritingisrecommendedbymanyuniversities(includingUNCandDuke)andis
    usefulineverysubjectarea.ThefollowingisadescriptionofthebasicstructuresofaM.E.A.L.paragraph,as
    wellasexamplesofM.E.A.L.paragraphsfromlanguagearts,socialstudies,andscience.

    MAINIDEA

    Thetopicsentence
    Identifiesparagraphscentralfocus
    Restatesthequestionandyouranswer
    Claim,Argue

    EVIDENCE

    Examplesthathelpprovethemainidea
    Facts/Quotes/Data/Numbersthatsupportyourclaim
    Identify,List,Outline,Define,Describe

    ANALYSIS

    Yourexplanationoftheevidence
    How/whydoesthisevidencesupportyourmainidea?
    Digdeeper
    Explain,Interpret,Infer,Discuss,Apply,Compare/Contrast

    LINK

    Linksbacktothemainidea
    Restatesthemainideainadifferentway
    Inalongerpaper,linksthemainideatothenextparagraph
    Insummary,Inconclusion,Thus,Hence,Therefore,
    Restate,Summarize,Conclude

    Examples
    :

    LanguageArts.ExcerptfromanessayaboutToniMorrisonsTheBluestEyes

    ThenegativeeffecttheenvironmentcanhaveontheindividualisshowninMorrison'scomparisonofmarigolds
    inthegroundtopeopleintheenvironment.Earlyinthenovel,ClaudiaandFriedaareconcernedthatthemarigoldseeds
    theyplantedthatspringneversprouted.Attheendofthenovel,ClaudiareflectsontheconnectiontoPecola'sfailure:
    ItalkabouthowIdidnotplanttheseedstoodeeply,howitwasthefaultoftheearth,ourland,ourtown.
    Ieventhinknowthatthelandoftheentirecountrywashostiletomarigoldsthatyear.Thissoilisbadfor
    certainkindsofflowers.Certainseedsitwillnotnurture,certainfruititwillnotbear,andwhentheland
    killsofitsownvolition,weacquiesceandsaythevictimhadnorighttolive.(206)
    Morrisonobviouslyviewstheenvironmentasapowerfulinfluenceontheindividualwhenshesuggeststhattheearth
    itselfishostiletothegrowthofthemarigoldseeds.Inasimilarway,peoplecannotthriveinahostileenvironment.Pecola
    Breedloveisaseedplantedinthehostileenvironment,and,whensheisnotnurturedinanyway,shecannotthrive.

    ExamplefromSocialStudies.Excerptfromanessayaboutslavespirituals.

    Slave spirituals often had hidden double meanings. On one level, spirituals referenced heaven,
    Jesus, and the soul, but on another level, the songs spoke about slave resistance. For example, according
    to Frederick Douglass, the song O Canaan, Sweet Canaan spoke of slaves longing for heaven, but it also
    expressed their desire to escape to the North. Careful listeners heard this second meaning in the following
    lyrics: I dont expect to stay / Much longer here. / Run to Jesus, shun the danger. / I dont expect to
    stay. When slaves sang this song, they could have been speaking of their departure from this life and
    their arrival in heaven; however, they also could have been describing their plans to leave the South and
    run, not to Jesus, but to the North. Slaves even used songs like Steal Away to Jesus (at midnight) to
    announce to other slaves the time and place of secret, forbidden meetings. What whites heard as merely
    spiritual songs, slaves discerned as detailed messages. The hidden meanings in spirituals allowed slaves to
    sing what they could not say.

    ExamplefromScience.ExcerptfromalabreportabouttheeffectofNitrogenfertilizeronplantgrowth.

    TheresultsofthestudyshowthatGrannysBloomersfertilizerhadthegreatestpositiveimpactonbean
    plantgrowth.BeanplantstreatedwithGrannysBloomersgrewanaverageof28cmduringthestudy.Thenext
    highestgroupswerebeanplantstreatedwithKMartfertilizer,whichgrewanaverageof22.4cm,andbean
    plantstreatedwithJobesHousePlantSpikes,whichgrewanaverageof14cm.Thisdataclearlyshowsthat
    usingGrannysBloomerspositivelyaffectedbeanplantgrowthbymorethan5cmcomparedtootherfertilizer
    brands,andbymorethan10cmcomparedtousingnofertilizer.Thisstudysuggeststhatconsumerstryingto
    growbeanplantsathomeshoulduseGrannyBloomersforoptimalgrowth.

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