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Blueprint and Refined Thesis Template

  • Introduction
  • Lead

Refined Thesis Statement

Three Supporting Arguments (Your Blueprint)

  • Body
  • Topic sentence: Your topic sentence will consist of your Thesis and supporting argument. You must write out the entire topic sentence, as it would appear in your actual essay.
  • POINT

PROOF: Specific example, cite an example (quotations from primary or secondary sources found here)

COMMENT: Explain how example (quotation) is relevant to your argument

  • POINT

PROOF: Specific example, cite an example (quotations from primary or secondary sources found here)

COMMENT: Explain how example (quotations) is relevant to your argument

  • Concluding Statement (try and link points made in paragraph back to thesis)

  • Topic sentence: Your topic sentence will consist of your Thesis and supporting argument. You must write out the entire topic sentence, as it would appear in your actual essay.

1. POINT

PROOF: Specific example, cite an example (quotations from primary or secondary sources found here)

COMMENT: Explain how example (quotations) is relevant to your argument

  • POINT

PROOF: Specific example, cite an example (quotations from primary or secondary sources found here)

COMMENT: Explain how example (quotations) is relevant to your argument

  • Concluding Statement (try and link points made in paragraph back to thesis)

  • Topic sentence: Your topic sentence will consist of your Thesis and supporting argument. You must write out the entire topic sentence, as it would appear in your actual essay.

1. POINT

PROOF: Specific example, cite an example (quotations from primary or secondary sources found here)

COMMENT: Explain how example (quotations) is relevant to your argument

  • POINT

PROOF: Specific example, cite an example (quotations from primary or secondary sources found here)

COMMENT: Explain how example (quotations) is relevant to your argument

  • Concluding Statement (try and link points made in paragraph back to thesis)

  • CONCLUSION
  • Restatement of thesis

Review the key point (from your blueprint)

Clincher/universality/recommendation/prediction, etc. end with a thought provoking idea related to the topic in a general and broad sense (similar to lead).