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    101 Outlining Essays

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    The document provides instructions for outlining an essay in 12 steps: 1) narrow the topic and draft a thesis statement, 2) brainstorm and freewrite ideas, 3) select the best ideas that support the thesis, 4) choose the top 3 ideas, 5) draft an outline with the thesis at the top followed by the main ideas in emphatic order and supporting points for each, 6) use Roman numerals for main ideas and capital letters for supports, 7) ensure each main idea can be a paragraph and supports the thesis.

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    The document provides instructions for outlining an essay in 12 steps: 1) narrow the topic and draft a thesis statement, 2) brainstorm and freewrite ideas, 3) select the best ideas that support the thesis, 4) choose the top 3 ideas, 5) draft an outline with the thesis at the top followed by the main ideas in emphatic order and supporting points for each, 6) use Roman numerals for main ideas and capital letters for supports, 7) ensure each main idea can be a paragraph and supports the thesis.

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    The document provides instructions for outlining an essay in 12 steps: 1) narrow the topic and draft a thesis statement, 2) brainstorm and freewrite ideas, 3) select the best ideas that support the thesis, 4) choose the top 3 ideas, 5) draft an outline with the thesis at the top followed by the main ideas in emphatic order and supporting points for each, 6) use Roman numerals for main ideas and capital letters for supports, 7) ensure each main idea can be a paragraph and supports the thesis.

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    The document provides instructions for outlining an essay in 12 steps: 1) narrow the topic and draft a thesis statement, 2) brainstorm and freewrite ideas, 3) select the best ideas that support the thesis, 4) choose the top 3 ideas, 5) draft an outline with the thesis at the top followed by the main ideas in emphatic order and supporting points for each, 6) use Roman numerals for main ideas and capital letters for supports, 7) ensure each main idea can be a paragraph and supports the thesis.

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    Outlining Your Essay

     So you’ve narrowed your broad SUBJECT

     Down to a focused TOPIC

     And you’ve established your MAIN IDEA

     And you’ve drafted a THESIS STATEMENT


    3

     Now you’ll need material to support that Thesis.


     This will be the raw material for your OUTLINE.
     To generate ideas:

    BRAINSTORM FREEWRITE
    4

     Now that you have ideas on paper, you can


    ◦ “trim the fat” or “separate the wheat from the chaff” or “find
    the diamonds in the rough.”

     Your goal in selecting is to choose the best ideas that


    support your thesis.
    ◦ If they don’t back up
    ◦ Then you must leave out
    5

     Eliminate, cross out, delete


    ◦ the poor ideas
    ◦ the irrelevant ideas
    ◦ those that don’t support your Thesis

     Keep, circle, select


    ◦ the quality, excellent ideas
    ◦ the unique, interesting, fresh ideas
    ◦ those relevant and supportive of your Thesis
    6

     From the remaining list of quality ideas


     chose the best 3-5 ideas

     Then narrow that list down again to the best 3.


    7

     Lastly, arrange these premium ideas in the


    “EMPHATIC ORDER”
    ◦ putting last the “most important” or “most significant”
    8

    OUTLINE
    THESIS:

     Now it’s time to


    I. POINT #1
     draft your OUTLINE. A. SUPPORT
    B. SUPPORT

    II. POINT #2
    A. SUPPORT
    B. SUPPORT

    III. POINT #3
    A. SUPPORT
    B. SUPPORT
    9

     THESIS STATEMENT:
    ◦ At the top of the Outline page write your Thesis
     in a complete sentence

     NUMBERED LIST:
    ◦ Then take the numbered ideas from the previous
    Brainstorming Exercise and list them here
     in Emphatic Order
     use Roman numerals
    10

     MAIN IDEAS:
    ◦ The Roman Numerals indicate your Main Ideas
    ◦ each main idea = single paragraph

     MAIN IDEA =
    ◦ Reason
    ◦ Type or Role
    ◦ Similarity or Difference
    ◦ Cause or Effect
    11

     SUPPORT:
    ◦ Beneath each Main Point
    ◦ List your means of Support
     use capital letters for each

     TYPES of SUPPORT
    ◦ Examples, instances
    ◦ Stats, Anecdotes
    ◦ Quotes from experts
    12

    OUTLINE
    THESIS:

     OUTLINE:
    I. POINT #1
    ◦ An Outline for a
    A. SUPPORT
    ◦ 5-paragraph essay
    B. SUPPORT
    ◦ should look something
    ◦ like this: II. POINT #2
    ◦ Each point = A. SUPPORT
    ◦ a Body paragraph B. SUPPORT

    III. POINT #3
    A. SUPPORT
    B. SUPPORT

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