Essay Outline Template (Basic 5 paragraph essay – no quote use) I. Introduction A. Introductory statement (starts broad and narrows down to your specific topic) _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Thesis statement (clearly states the main point of your essay along with three brief reasons supporting your main point****these 3 reasons will become your topic sentences!!!***): _________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ II. Body A. First Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence - TS): ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Reason 1 to support TS ___________________________________________________________ 2. Specific evidence (to back up reason)_____________________________________________________ 3. Reason 2 to support TS ______________________________________________________ 4. Specific evidence (to back up reason)_____________________________________________________ 5. Closing sentence (tie the ideas in the paragraph together in one sentence, and make clear that this claim (topic sentence) has proven your thesis. B. Second Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence- TS): _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Reason 1 to support TS ________________________________________________________________ 2. Specific evidence (to back up reason)_____________________________________________________ 3. Reason 2 to support TS ________________________________________________________________ 4. Specific evidence (to back up reason)_____________________________________________________ 5. Closing sentence (tie the ideas in the paragraph together in one sentence, and make clear that this claim (topic sentence) has proven your thesis. C. Third Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence -TS): ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Reason 1 to support TS _______________________________________________________________ 2. Specific evidence (to back up reason)_____________________________________________________ 3. Reason 2 to support TS ________________________________________________________________ 4. Specific evidence (to back up reason)_____________________________________________________ 5. Closing sentence (tie the ideas in the paragraph together in one sentence, and make clear that this claim (topic sentence) has proven your thesis. III. Conclusion A. Closing statement___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ B. Reworded thesis:____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ C. Broader implication (perhaps tie back to lead-in in intro): _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
