English Outline

Take a look at your idea map.

• Based on the various "bubbled" ideas of your idea map, generate a thesis statement.  Remember that this thesis statement should respond to the prompt (answer the question asked of you).  Include this thesis in your outline. 
• Also list out your various supporting claims based on the bubbled ideas.  
• Re-sequence these points as necessary.  What order makes the best sense for your various supporting claims?  What information would readers appreciate earlier rather than later in your paper?
• Now take a look at each supporting claim.  Can you break these claims down further?  For example, does a claim include a specific concept that needs a detailed definition, perhaps a definition that might require an entire paragraph's worth of discussion?  If so, you might generate a new "definition paragraph" in which you fully explain the concept to your readers.
• Do you have sufficient examples for each claim?
• Are any examples complicated and thus require much discussion?  If so, consider creating a separate example paragraph to "house" this particular example. 

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*If outlines do not work for you, submit your alternative approach to organizing your ideas".