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Title of Paper

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Rasmussen College

Author Note

This paper is being submitted on November 15, 2016, for John Smith’s G124 English

Composition course.
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Outline

I. Introduction

A. Attention grabbing sentence about topic

B. Thesis statement

II. First paragraph main point – topic sentence

A. Supporting details (in-text citation for outside resource used as support/evidence)

1. Details about the supporting details

2. Details about the supporting details

B. Supporting details (in-text citation)

C. Transition sentence

III. Second paragraph main point – topic sentence

A. Supporting details (in-text citation)

1. Details about the supporting details

2. Details about the supporting details

B. Supporting details (in-text citation)

C. Transition sentence

IV. Third paragraph main point – topic sentence

A. Supporting details (in-text citation)

1. Details about the supporting details

2. Details about the supporting details

B. Supporting details (in-text citation)

C. Transition sentence

V. Conclusion

A. Summary of main points/Restatement of thesis statement

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B. Sentence to state a judgment on topic, make a prediction, or call the reader to

action

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