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Outline
Outline is wonderful tool in composing a good
essay or paper of any kind. It is your guide showing you in
which direction you should proceed with your writing. Many
time writers get lost in their thoughts and forget the
initial point and outline helps them find the way back to
the “main road”, keeping your thesis in sight.
Do not consider your outline as a set plan that
cannot be changed. If you decide that some points can be
omitted you can easily modify your outline if it is
necessary.
Outline is supposed to consist of all the main
points you want to reveal in your essay. Each idea should be
discussed in a new paragraph, in such a way it is easy to
identify every point being made. Your outline should begin
with the introduction, followed by the body which consists
of a few main points. After those part comes conclusion,
which should be a logical continuation of the entire essay.
Your outline should represent a logical chain
of interrelated ideas and topics. It is easy to identify
parts that do not belong to the rest of the essay just by
looking on the outline thus it is so important to include
this step in your writing.
The following is a structure of a generic outline:
I. Introduction
Introductory/opening sentences
Thesis (main idea of the paper)
Connecting sentence with the body
II. Body
First idea supporting thesis
Transition, topic sentence (introduces the topic of the
paragraph)
Discussion of the idea
Evidence
Analysis
Concluding sentence (not compulsory)
Second idea supporting thesis
Transition, topic sentence (introduces the topic of the
paragraph)
Discussion
Evidence
Analysis
Conclusion (not compulsory)
Third supporting idea
Transition, topic sentence (introduces the topic of the
paragraph)
Discussion
Evidence
Analysis
Conclusion (not compulsory)
III. Conclusion
Transition from the body part
Summary of the main points
Final statement proving thesis introduced in the very
beginning of the paper
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