Sketch out your essay before straightway writing it out.
Use one-line sentences to describe paragraphs, and bullet points
to describe what each paragraph will contain. Play with the essay's
order. Map out the structure of your argument, and make sure each
paragraph is unified.
Creating an Outline for an Essay
Most analytical, interpretive, or persuasive essays tend to follow the same
basic pattern. This page should help you formulate effective outlines for most of the essays that you will write.
I. Introduction
1. Sentence to get the attention of your readers:
2. One-sentence thesis statement:
II. Body
1. First main idea:
a. Supporting evidence for the first idea:
b. Supporting evidence for the first idea:
c. Supporting evidence for the first idea:
2. Second main idea:
a. Supporting evidence for second main idea:
b. Supporting evidence for second main idea:
c. Supporting evidence for second main idea:
3. Third main idea:
a. Supporting evidence for third main idea:
b. Supporting evidence for third main idea:
c. Supporting evidence for third main idea:
III. Conclusion
1. Restatement of your thesis:
2. Insightful sentence to end your essay
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VOCABULARY:
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Brainstorming
- Capitalization
- Closure
- Conferencing
- Contraction
- Define
- Declarative
- Dictionary
- Discussion
- Draft
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Ref. http://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/outline.htm