Proposal

The outline of a paper outlines its structure and your argumentative sequence. It will make your life much easier when you start writing the final paper. This is how your outline should roughly look like:

-Thesis Sentence/ Main Argument

-First Topic Sentence: 

1. Visual Evidence 2. Textual Evidence 3. Interpretive Sentence

-Second Topic Sentence

1. Visual Evidence 2. Textual Evidence 3. Interpretive Sentence

-Third Topic Sentence

1. Visual Evidence 2. Textual Evidence 3. Interpretive Sentence

-Conclusive Statement

Thesis Statement:

Your master-claim, this statement should answer the question in the prompt.

It should appear at the end of your first introductory paragraph.

Topic Sentences:

Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence, or sub- claim, that indicates how the features in that paragraph support the argument of your thesis.

This does not override the general-to specific structure we discussed, rather it builds on it as an additional criteria.

Evidence (Analytic Descriptions or Textual Evidence):

Within the paragraph, provide evidence to support the sub-claim of the topic sentence. This is where your analytic observations come in.

Interpretive Sentences:

These should immediately proceed or follow your analytic descriptions. The function of these sentences is to relate your evidence back to the claim of the paragraph, and the claim of the paper's thesis.