Expository Essay Outline
Name: ______________________________Date: ______________ Class Period: _____
An outline is a helpful organizational tool. An outline can be used to organize information for studying purposes, or to organize information for writing. Place the information you discover under the appropriate headings. Once you have completed the outline, each main heading will serve as the basis for a paragraph. The subheadings beneath each heading will serve as the content of the paragraph. Before you know it, you will enough material to write a draft of your essay.
Introduction-There are three main parts:
Your "hook" or lead, attention getter AND relate the theme of the essay more broadly
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Transition: The second part of the introduction is meant to be a bridge between
the universal (the lead) and the specific (the thesis). Usually 1-3 sentences.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thesis: The thesis is the last sentence of the introduction, and thus is the anchor for the
rest of the essay
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
English: Lancia Thesis
University of Olomouc thesis from 1713 with motif ...
The ThesisSupporting Idea 1. This is the funnel of the hourglass, providing the reader
with the specific focus of the remainder of the essay.
P: Point/Claim/Supporting Idea
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I: Information that proves how your "P" supports the thesis: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
E: Explain how the information you have provided has relevance: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
T: Transition to the next "P": ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Supporting Idea 2
P. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
E. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Transition to the next "P": ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Supporting Idea 3
P. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
E. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Transition to the conclusion: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion:
A. Synthesize the thesis
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
B. Review the reasons that you used to support your thesis-do not use the same words and phrases in which you first introduced them in the introduction and body paragraphs. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
C. Provide an end statement that extends the topic beyond the context of the essay. State what...