Muhammad Zaiter
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 | | موضوع: How to write an outline for an essay? 28/05/11, 06:33 pm | |
| Essay Outline
Have you ever told a joke and just before coming to the punch line,
remembered the part in the middle that makes the punch line funny? Using
an essay outline helps you organize your thoughts so that you don’t
make that mistake. In addition, you’ll find the more structured your
outline is, the better organized and easier to write your essay will be.
A well-structured essay outline helps you travel from point to point in
your composition, creating a natural flow for the reader until you
bring the “punch line” home in the summary or conclusion.
Begin your outline by deciding whether to use the more traditional I,
II, III, and IV outline markers, use headings w/o any markers or a
combination of both. The title should be at the top of your paper and
everything else will fall below it.
I. The Introduction — why you chose this topic or your premise /thesis
and/or the conclusion you hope to prove in the body (A). Enter the
points you will cover (B).
II. The Body — Use the points as subheadings. (A, B, C, etc.) Under each
point, list the information that supports or elaborates on each point
(1, 2). This information will make up your essay body.
III. The Conclusion — The summary of your supporting information (A) should show how you reached your (B) conclusion.
IV. Citations — List your citations. (If you used outside sources of information)
In addition to helping you organize your thoughts, an essay outline also
helps you plan the length of your paper. In fact, a good outline can
make writing an essay as simple as filling in the blanks.
An essay outline can even help you determine the length of each
paragraph. Especially in cases where you are limited to a number of
pages or assigned a word count, you can use an essay outline to break
the structure into percentages or words.
Writing an essay outline can be as easy as you want to make it. Using an
essay outline helps you organize your thoughts from beginning to end
and makes sure you don’t leave any important parts out of the middle!
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