Basic Outlining Worksheet

 This essay is about:

 This essay is introduced with the following idea (Main Idea/Thesis/Focus):

Topic + Your Arguable Comment/Opinion/Position on the topic = Thesis Statement

 This essay will illustrate the above idea by showing that:

1. Main point of paragraph 1:
 Evidence/Points:
1.
2.
3.
2. Main point of paragraph 2:
 Evidence/Points:
1.
2.
3.
3. Main point of paragraph 3:
 Evidence/Points:
1.
2.
3.
4. Main point of paragraph 4:
 Evidence/Points:
1.
2.
3.
 This essay has shown that:

 This argument is significant because:

1.
2.

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