DEFINTION ESSAY ***
Formal Outline Template
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Rhetorical Situation |
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Intended Audience: |
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Purpose/Mode: |
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Strategy/Order: |
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Broad Topic: |
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Narrowed Topic: |
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Working Title: |
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Complete all unshaded rows. Add rows for additional evidence, main ideas and paragraphs as necessary.
I. Introduction
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A. Lead-in/ Attention-Getter: |
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B. Thesis (Claim or Position): |
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C. Essay Map (Add as many rows as necessary) |
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a) Main idea one: |
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b) Main idea two: |
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c) Main idea three: |
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II. Body
Reminder: Evidence includes Example, Facts and Statistics, Testimony, Logic & Reason, Narrative, Description, and Personal Observation
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A. Paragraph One Main Idea |
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1. Transitional and Topic Sentence One: |
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2. Supporting Details/ Evidence |
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a) Evidence |
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b) Evidence |
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c) Evidence |
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B. Paragraph Two Main Idea |
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1. Transitional word or phrase and Topic Sentence Two: |
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2. Supporting Details/Evidence |
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a) Evidence |
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b) Evidence |
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c) Evidence |
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C. Paragraph Three Main Idea |
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1. Transitional word or phrase and Topic Sentence Three: |
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2. Supporting Details/Evidence |
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a) Evidence |
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b) Evidence |
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c) Evidence |
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III. Conclusion
Choose a satisfactory strategy
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IV. Works Cited
List your sources in ABC order and be sure to add in-text citations for the evidence within paragraphs.
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Hess, A.L.
1/4/19
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