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What to include in an essay outline?

Your outline must include the following:
- a thesis/main argument
- a list of supporting ideas
- references

Included below is a more detailed breakdown.
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A. Title Page (as per APA conventions)

B. Outline: proposed content
Your outline should be formatted with a numerical list/in point form and contain the following:

Introduction
i. Your specific strategy to draw interest in your introduction, e.g. a recent social/political event--in other words a story, but, please, not a personal story--that most people would find relevant. Are there any social events that speak directly to your area of research? Pique the reader's interest with some sort of "hook."
- strategy for research/the sources you plan to use
- This part is commonly known as a "literature review." Here you'll contextualize your thesis by drawing upon your AB sources. These AB sources should speak to one another--just as scholars usually address one another's concerns in their publications. Providing an overview (brief and concise!) of these debates shows that you are participating in an ongoing conversation.
- specific things to mention: recurring questions and key words that often appear in this scholarly "conversation"
ii. transition into your own thesis
•Your contributions (why your academic reader should go on reading)
•Your responding/research questions (i.e. your line of inquiry), perhaps questions you raised in your AB.
iii. Your expanded thesis/your intervention: how will you contribute to the ongoing conversation identified above?
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- Your expanded thesis: the "natural"/ logical conclusion to be drawn from the questions raised above
- Your thesis may contain more than one sentence. You're establishing your position in response to the literature review above. Take as much space as you need.
- e.g. my argument reinforces/contradicts scholar A's in that.......
- Specific paragraph outlines (be brief!) for each of your body paragraphs that contain the following:
- Strategy for topic sentence, your guiding argument and subtopics
- e.g. I will base my argument on ideas A, B, and C.
- Please note that your supporting ideas A, B, and C must be related to one another, logically speaking. This is not a random list of arguments that happens to appear in your writing.
Body: Supporting Ideas (at least two)
Important note: please don't feel obliged to write three body paragraphs that are equal in length. The paragraph's length should depend, rather, on the significance of the argument. For instance, an essay may consist of only two supporting ideas, one of which may be broken down into, say, three paragraphs owing to its complexity. The other idea may be explained only in one paragraph because it is more straightforward/it is an extension of the first supporting idea.

i. topic sentence (must present an argument; cannot be observational/anecdotal)
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o research to be cited (please observe APA conventions; include in-text citations where necessary)
- cite more than one source for each of your points
o your evaluation (perhaps recycle AB entries)
o relate your critique to the topic sentence; end the section with a transitional sentence that would guide your reader towards your next logical step, i.e., your next topic sentence/supporting argument
o also remind your reader how this supporting idea is related to your thesis
ii, iii...... (repeat the process as many times as needed)
Conclusion
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- create a cyclical conclusion-- reinforce the connections between supporting ideas
- explain connection between body sections and introduction (in order to restate your thesis)
- address your paper's limitations (what you were unable to discuss because of the scope of your argument/the length of the assignment)
Reference Page
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- You should have in-text citations in your outline. This means that you should have academic sources cited and they should match your references page
- Your references list should contain allof the sources that you plan to use to support the claims in your essay.

Attachment:- Essay outline instructions.rar