Outline Form for Papers
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English 164
English 165
English 265
English 295
English 360
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Date: Sat May 26 05:37:37 2012 CDT
Title
All papers should have appropriate titles. Do not put quotation marks around your title.
For literary papers, do not use the title of the work discussed in the paper as your only title.
Introductory Paragraph
General Statement: A general statement introduces the topic of your paper.
Specific Statement: This statement LIMITS the general topic.
Thesis Statement: The thesis statement is stated specifically giving focus and direction to your paper.
First developmental paragraph
Topic sentence: The topic sentence informs your reader the focus of the paragraph.
Support
Supporting statement #1: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Supporting statement #2: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Supporting statement #3: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Transition statement: A transition statement is needed to smoothly go from one paragraph to the next.
Second developmental paragraph
Topic sentence: The topic sentence informs your reader the focus of the paragraph.
Support
Supporting statement #1: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Supporting statement #2: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Supporting statement #3: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Transition statement: A transition statement is needed to smoothly go from one paragraph to the next.
Third developmental paragraph
Topic sentence: The topic sentence informs your reader the focus of the paragraph.
Support
Supporting statement #1: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Supporting statement #2: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Supporting statement #3: Supporting statements are needed to verify the topic sentence.
Wrap-up statement: The wrap-up statement can bring all primary ideas into focus.
Conclusion
Specific statement: The primary focus of your discussion should be reiterated.
General statement: The last statement in your paper can capsulize the overall idea of your paper.