Creating an Essay OUtline

1. Creating an Essay OUtline

2. For help completing an outline, watch this video:

3. Thesis/claim: • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Main supporting point: (complete sentence with transition) A. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. evidence: (facts, statistics, quotations, examples) 1. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Warrant/commentary: (discussion of the evidence; discussion of the assumptions that link the main supporting point to the thesis) 2. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Main supporting point: (complete sentence with transition) B. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. evidence: (facts, statistics, quotations, examples) 1. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Warrant/commentary: (discussion of the evidence; discussion of the assumptions that link the main supporting point to the thesis) 2. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Main supporting point: (complete sentence with transition) C. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. evidence: (facts, statistics, quotations, examples) 1. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. Warrant/commentary: (discussion of the evidence; discussion of the assumptions that link the main supporting point to the thesis) 2. • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. Concluding ideas: • ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________