"The Lottery" Essay Outline
I.
Introduction: 3 sentences total
a. Sentence 1: Introduce "The Lottery" in one sentence that includes the
author and what it is mainly about.
b. Sentence 2: Introduce "The Milgram Obedience Experiment" in one
sentence that includes who conducted the experiment, when it took
place, and what it concluded.
c. Sentence 3: This will be your topic sentence (also called a thesis) that
tells your reader what your essay is all about. For this essay, the topic
sentence will be explaining how "The Lottery" and "The Milgram
Experiment" have a similar message.
II.
Body Paragraph:
a. Start with "The Lottery." Use the information that you put on your note
cards to prove how the story relates to the dangers of blind
obedience.
b. Then, connect "The Lottery" to "The Milgram Obedience Experiment"
using the information you put on your other three note cards.
c. Conclude your paragraph with a statement that helps your reader
understand why these two texts are important and relevant to our lives
today.
To get started on planning out your essay, number each of your
notecards, 1-6.
Decide what order you want to put the information on the notecards in
your body paragraph. Write the order below.
Order of Information in Body Paragraph (List by Notecard #):
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