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    The document discusses essay outlines and their importance. It provides a template for a basic five-paragraph essay outline, including an introduction with a thesis statement, three body paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting arguments, and a conclusion that restates the topic and main points. Creating an outline helps organize thoughts and arguments, ensures all important points are covered, and allows for faster and better writing. Outlines are especially useful for academic works to structure information logically for readers.

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    The document discusses essay outlines and their importance. It provides a template for a basic five-paragraph essay outline, including an introduction with a thesis statement, three body paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting arguments, and a conclusion that restates the topic and main points. Creating an outline helps organize thoughts and arguments, ensures all important points are covered, and allows for faster and better writing. Outlines are especially useful for academic works to structure information logically for readers.

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    AN ESSAY OUTLINE

    An essay outline is a way of planning the structure of your essay before you
    start writing. It involves writing quick summary sentences or phrases for every point
    you will cover in each paragraph, giving you a picture of how your argument will
    unfold. Outlining is an essential part of the writing process, and all authors do it for
    their works to impress readers.
    As you create the outline, look over any information, quotes and ideas
    you’ve noted down from your research. Look critically at your categories and
    points: Are any of them irrelevant or redundant? Make sure every topic you cover is
    clearly related to the topic.
    HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY OUTLINE
    College essay types are many but the common structure for most of them is five-
    paragraph. Each essay needs Introduction, Body (3 paragraphs with arguments), and
    Conclusion. So, a general format of your essay outline will include all these
    components.
    Introduction: Here you’ll mention the topic of your essay and its thesis. As you
    know, essays can’t live without a thesis; so, a thesis statement in your outline will
    help you support it in each paragraph of your essay body.
    Body paragraphs: There will be a minimum three paragraphs in your essay’s
    body. So make sure to include each one in the outline. Within each paragraph, write
    down a topic sentence with arguments relating to the topic and mention all the
    supporting arguments such as data, facts, examples, and other evidence to prove the
    topic sentence of this paragraph. In the outline, present these points as a few short
    numbered sentences or phrases. They can be split into sub-points when more detail
    is needed.
    Conclusion: Wrap up your essay here. Restate your topic and summarize the goal
    of your paper.

    Important Points to remember:


    (i) The essay outline doesn’t have to include the complete sentences. It’s only
    an outline, so feel free to format arguments and evidence the way it seems most
    comfortable and understandable for you.
    (ii) While you are familiar with a given essay topic, it doesn’t mean your
    readers are also familiar. So format your outline accordingly. Assume that some
    people know nothing about it when preparing arguments and arranging them in a
    logical order.


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    Why an essay outline is necessary:
    • An outline helps you organize thoughts: when you research the data for your essay,
    you get tons of information that’s hard to remember.
    • An outline helps you not to miss anything while writing your essay because you will
    have a ready manuscript of your paper.
    • An outline helps you write academic works better and faster.
    • An outline helps understand the information flow and the writer is able to structurize
    it accordingly.

    The Template Essay Outline: General


    I. Introduction
    a) Introduce the topic such as its meanings
    II. Body. Paragraph-1
    a) Write a topic sentence (the argument for the essay)
    b) Supporting arguments: data, facts, examples etc
    c) Explain how they relate to the essay
    III. Body. Paragraph-2
    a) Write a topic sentence (the argument for the essay)
    b) Supporting arguments: data, facts, examples etc
    c) Explain how they relate to the essay
    IV. Body. Paragraph-3
    a) Write a topic sentence (another argument for the essay, or a
    counterargument)
    b) Supporting arguments: explain why the counterargument doesn’t work:
    data, facts, examples
    c) Explain how they relate to the essay
    V. Conclusion
    a) Summarize all main points
    b) Restate the topic
    c) Give your opinion to wind up the essay

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