Toumlin Outline

The paper attached is to be used as a guide. The thesis is already there. 

Give a tentative outline for your essay. Remember, your essay must have the following components: introduction, background, support for your claim, opposing views, rebuttals, and a conclusion. Clarify these components in your outline. Your outline may be a topic or sentence outline but must be somewhat concrete.

Example:

I Introduction and thesis
II Background Info
a. First example
b. Second etc.

III Support for Claim
a. First example
b. Second example, etc.

IV Opposing View Discussion
a. First possible opposition to claim
b. Second, etc.

V. Your rebuttal to all the points in IV

VI. Conclusion