EXPOSITORY ESSAY OUTLINE TEMPLATE
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Introduction
A. Hook sentence
B. Background and context for the topic
C. Question or thesis
Body Paragraph 1
A. Topic Sentence/Main Idea 1
B. Evidence to support main idea 1
C. Additional evidence to support main idea 1
D. Analysis
Body Paragraph 2
A. Topic Sentence 2
B. Evidence to support main idea 2
C. Additional evidence to support main idea 2
D. Analysis
Body Paragraph 3
A. Topic Sentence 3
B. Evidence to support main idea 3
C. Additional evidence to support main idea 3
D. Analysis
Body Paragraph 4
A. Topic Sentence 4
B. Evidence to support main idea 4
C. Additional evidence to support main idea 4
D. Analysis
Concluding Paragraph
A. Summarize your question or thesis and/or
B. Discuss the larger significance and/or
C. Reveal unanswered questions
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