Outline Draft

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Your Last Name

INSTRUCTIONS: Use this template to create your outline. All text in red should be either edited and recolored black by you or erased from your draft.

Your Full Name

Professor’s Name

English 1301

Date in this format: 12 January 2016

Your Working Title for Your Essay

I. Introduction

a. Write your opening thought.

b. Write a general idea that leads in to your analysis and captures the importance of your comparison.

c. Introduce the two pieces you will analyze. Be sure to state the speaker’s name and their talk title.

d. THESIS STATEMENT: Write your thesis statement.

II. BODY ONE

a. TOPIC SENTENCE: Write your topic sentence. This is the first idea you are going to address with a story.

b. EXAMPLE 1: Summarize your first example from the first TED Talk.

i. Describe the example.

ii. Give a quote from the piece.

iii. Explain the quote

c. EXAMPLE 2: Summarize your second example from the second TED Talk.

i. Describe the example.

ii. Give a quote from the piece.

iii. Explain the quote

III. BODY TWO

a. TOPIC SENTENCE: Write your topic sentence. This is the second idea you are going to address with a story.

b. EXAMPLE 1: Summarize your first example from the first TED Talk.

i. Describe the example.

ii. Give a quote from the piece.

iii. Explain the quote

c. EXAMPLE 2: Summarize your second example from the second TED Talk.

i. Describe the example.

ii. Give a quote from the piece.

iii. Explain the quote

IV. BODY THREE

a. TOPIC SENTENCE: Write your topic sentence. This is the third idea you are going to address with a story.

b. EXAMPLE 1: Summarize your first example from the first TED Talk.

i. Describe the example.

ii. Give a quote from the piece.

iii. Explain the quote

c. EXAMPLE 2: Summarize your second example from the second TED Talk.

i. Describe the example.

ii. Give a quote from the piece.

iii. Explain the quote

V. CONCLUSION

a. Why is this comparison important?

b. How does it contribute to our understanding of these pieces?