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Pierre is drafting his research-based informative essay on how disco music partially evolved from soul music produced in Northeastern cities such as Philadelphia. Consider the topics of Pierre’s three body paragraphs.

Body paragraph 1: Explain why disco music is important to listen to today.

Evidence: Examine how the lyrics of popular disco songs present valuable life lessons.

Body paragraph 2: Show one element of how soul music influenced disco music.

Evidence: Provide an in-depth example of a popular disco song, and identify moments where elements of soul music occur.

Body paragraph 3: Show how singers of soul music also sang popular disco songs.

Evidence: Explain how one soul music group transitioned to disco music.

How should Pierre revise the topics of his supporting paragraphs so they are more effective?

He should place body paragraph 1 after body paragraph 3 because it relates to the conclusion.
He should change the focus of body paragraph 1 so it supports his main topic.
He should remove body paragraph 2 because it emphasizes unimportant information.
He should move body paragraph 3 to his introduction so it hooks his audience.

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He should change the focus of body paragraph 1 so it supports his main topic.

Why: paragraphs 2 and 3 already address how soul influenced disco (musical elements and artists’ transitions), which directly supports his thesis. Paragraph 1 as written (“why disco is important to listen to today”) is off‑topic — it’s about contemporary value, not about disco’s evolution from Northeastern soul. Revising it to tie lyrics or themes in disco back to soul (for example, showing how disco songs borrow soul’s lyrical themes and moral lessons) would make all three body paragraphs clearly support the main argument.