Name:
OUTLINE
Introduction
Grabber:
Thesis:
Main Points:
II.
III.
First Body Paragraph
Main Point I:
Details: A:
(In text citation).
B:
(In text citation)
C:
(In-text citation).
D: Last sentence should explain how this main point proves the thesis statement.
Second Body Paragraph
Main Point II:
Details: A:
(In-text citation).
B:
(In-text citation).
C:
(In-text citation).
D: Last sentence should explain how this main point proves the thesis statement.
Third Body Paragraph
Main Point II:
Details: A:
(In-text citation).
B:
(In-text citation).
C:
(In-text citation).
D: Last sentence should explain how this main point proves the thesis statement.
Conclusion
Restate thesis:
Sum up each main point:
Add a clincher (the last thought on your topic that you want your audience to think about.)
Next Page Should Be Your Works Cited Page, in alphabetical order, taken from the note cards you used in this
outline.
Works Cited
Author’s Last Name, First name. Title of the Book. City of publication: Publisher, copyright.
When your info moves to a second line you must tab it over once to have the correct format, do the same
if you need more lines.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article”. Person/Group responsible for site. Date of access or
latest update. <url>
NOTE: If there is no author’s name, then just start with the next piece of information you need: the title of the
article, in quotation marks b/c that’s how you punctuate article titles.
NOTE 2: This page must be in alphabetical order, or the format will be wrong.