Self analysis of the outline
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Why is it important to have parallel structure
in your outline? Do you have proper parallel
structure with your outline? If NOT what
should you do?
Do you feel as though you have enough
information to write a 5 page research paper
based on your outline? Explain your response.
If NOT, what is your plan to solve the
situation?
How to turn your Outline
into a Paper
Your Outline has everything you need for
your body paragraphs. The underlined
sections are things you must ADD
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I. Subtopic 1
 A. Paragraph 1
 1. Supporting details in Paragraph 1. For each detail, you should have
sentences of analysis (your own words explaining why the detail is
important)
 2. Supporting details in Paragraph 1
 3. Supporting details in Paragraph 1
Concluding sentence for paragraph one. (restate opening—not repeat!!)
 B. Paragraph 2 (make sure you have a transition!!!)
 1. Supporting details in Paragraph 2
 2. Supporting details in Paragraph 2
 3. Supporting details in Paragraph 2
Concluding sentence for paragraph two. (restate opening—not repeat!!)
Concluding sentence for first subtopic (restate Roman Numeral 1)
**If you have a C, that would be paragraph 3. The concluding sentence for
subtopic 1 goes at the end of all the letters (A, B, C etc)**
Your outline DOES NOT have an
introduction or conclusion. This you
will do on your own.
Introduction
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DOES NOT CITE information (intro should be
common knowledge info—your own words)
Supposed to introduce the focus of the
composition
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presents background information,
introduces the concept being explored (your topic)
Includes a thesis statement that presents the
main idea that you are developing
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has a clear attitude about the subject being explored
Thesis is the last sentence
Your paper is NOT a biography or
a history report, BUT your intro
needs to have…
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A hook (don’t bore the reader to death)
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Anecdote or quote by/about the person or
topic
Background info on the topic *BREIF*
explanation of topic
THE ARGUMENT (Thesis)
Conclusion
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Restate the thesis but do not repeat thesis word
for word.
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Offer insight to topic through…
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May be broken up into more than one sentence if all
elements are still present
Offering a solution to your argument
Offer an insight into the argument/topic by explaining
why the audience should care about your topic.
Clincher
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Ties up loose ends and gives the paper the finished
feel—refer back to your hook (do not REPEAT the
hook)
Reminders about Works Cited
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Must be in alphabetical order by author’s last
name (or whatever comes first if you don’t have
an author)
Must have the title: “Works Cited” in the top
center
**Make sure you have other format
requirements—look in rubric and assignment
sheet (1” margins, standard font, etc.)
Last Name, Page # will be in the header on the
top right
Reminders about Works Cited
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Don’t put your sources in a numbered list or
bullets (we numbered them before just for the
sake of aligning them with your notes)
Tab over the sources after the first line.
Double space everything (**Make sure it’s every
other line**)
Remember – works cited goes at the very end of
your paper (does not count as one of your 5
pages)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/
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