How to outline: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/02/
Sample outlines: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20081113013048_544.pdf
Suggested Formats
Example 1
Introduction:
- Hook – how will you draw in your audience?
- Establish your authority – why should the audience trust your opinion?
- Thesis – what is your overarching argument that ties this essay together?
Body Paragraph 1:
- Topic sentence – what is this paragraph about?
- Example from first article – summary, paraphrase, quote with citation.
- Explain the example in your own words and why you agree with this statement.
- Example from second article – summary, paraphrase, quote with citation.
- Explain the example in your own words and why you agree with this statement.
- Explain how these two examples relate.
Body Paragraph 2:
- Transition sentence – how does this paragraph relate to your last two points?
- Example from third article – summary, paraphrase, quote with citation.
- Explain the example in your own words and why you disagree with this statement.
- Example from fourth article – summary, paraphrase, quote with citation.
- Explain the example in your own words and why you disagree with this statement.
Body Paragraph 3:
- Transition sentence.
- Provide your own experience and compare that to the experience presented in the articles we have read.
- Explain how your experience influences your opinion.
Conclusion:
- Based on the information presented above, how do you think the education system should adapt to the digital age in the future?
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Example 2
Introduction:
- Hook – how will you draw in your audience?
- Establish your authority – why should the audience trust your opinion?
- Thesis – what is your overarching argument that ties this essay together?
Body Paragraph 1:
- Topic sentence – what is this paragraph about?
- Provide your own experience and compare that to the experience presented in the articles we have read.
- Explain how your experience influences your opinion.
Body Paragraph 2:
- Transition sentence – how does this paragraph relate to your last two points?
- Example from first article – summary, paraphrase, quote with citation.
- Explain the example in your own words and why you agree with this statement.
- Example from second article – summary, paraphrase, quote with citation.
- Explain the example in your own words and why you disagree with this statement.
- Explain how these two examples differ and which you believe.
Body Paragraph 3:
- Transition sentence – how does this paragraph relate to your last two points?
- Example from third article – summary, paraphrase, quote with citation.
- Explain the example in your own words and why you agree with this statement.
- Example from fourth article – summary, paraphrase, quote with citation.
- Explain the example in your own words and why you disagree with this statement.
- Explain how these two examples differ and which you believe.
Conclusion:
- Based on the information presented above, how do you think the education system should adapt to the digital age in the future?