Hi guys and welcome back to our channel.
My name is Cath Anne
and this is episode 47
of The Homework Help Show hosted by
Homework Help Global. Here on the show
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A few weeks ago on Episode 43
we discussed the most important part
of your essay which is the thesis
statement. Today we are going
to discuss something equally
important: the essay
outline.
So you have written your thesis statement
and you are ready to write your essay,
right? Wrong.
Just because you've written your thesis statement
does not mean you can just jump
in to writing your essay.
Here's why.
You haven't written an essay outline.
Writing an essay outline will help
you to see the structure of your essay
and of your main points
and sub points clearly.
Outlining will also help you to check
the logic and completeness of what
you are going to say.
It will reveal any gaps,
any repetition,
or illogical steps in the development
of your essay.
Writing an essay outline will also
help you to manage your time more effectively.
And who can
deal with more time
to work on an essay?
You can break down the outline into manageable
sections
and then allot a specific time
to work on each section.
Remember the introduction can
be very time consuming.
Try to leave the introduction until the
end because it'll be easier to write once
you have a sense of what your essay
is going to look like after writing the first
draft. As you develop your outline keep
in mind the length of the assignment.
How many words
or pages do you have to produce
for this writing assignment?
Although you have many great
ideas in your outline
remember you have a limited amount
of words or pages to work
with
and you may have to do some prioritization
in terms of what ideas you
want to include.
For example if you've been assigned
1000 word essay
and you hope to make five
points about a topic
that only leaves you
with 150 words
for each topic.
Ask yourself are hundred
and fifty words enough
to clearly get across what
you're trying to argue
and discuss all the important points?
Typically, your arguments should
be equally developed
and equally
relevant to the topic.
You should feel that you can present
balanced arguments
with the ratio you have worked out
and if you are unable
to write enough in
150 words you may
want to reconsider what
you're including in your outline
and perhaps remove one of the points
from your outline.
Typically your arguments should be
equally developed
and equally relevant to
the topic at hand.
If you do not feel you can present
your information clearly within the ratio
you have developed.
You may want to omit that one
from your outline
and consider only limiting yourself
to 4 potential arguments.
So what do you need to
write your outline?
You need a topic,
you need to have some sense of your
thesis statement
and you also need some information
regarding your persuasive argument
and the details that you will
include to back up your topic
and your thesis statement.
One of the most popular types
of essays in university is
the persuasive essay.
A persuasive essay is used to convince
the reader of a specific topic
or specific point.
Your persuasive essay could be based on
anything about which you have an opinion
or that you can make a clear argument
about. Because this is such a popular
type of essay, let's go over
a brief sample outline of the
persuasive essay.
Begin by capturing this
following information in point
form on your outline template.
First you will include your introduction.
This will include your topic
and the persuasive
argument that you're trying to make.
This means that your thesis statement will be
within your introductory paragraph
and it usually ends up in
the last sentence.
Next you'll want to include your
first body paragraph.
Here you'll introduce your
first persuasive argument
and then populate the rest
of the paragraph
with details that back up
your argument.
In body paragraph 2,
you're going to do the same thing
except you'll be introducing a
new persuasive argument.
Use two to three details
to flesh out the paragraph
and to support the argument that you're
making in your second
paragraph.
Finally you'll want to have a conclusion.
Conclude the essay
with a summary of the thesis
and persuasive arguments.
End the essay
with a conclusion
and a sentence to wrap everything
up and to tie into your thesis
statement.
Now how can you tell if your
essay outline is any good?
A test of a good essay outline
is to read it to someone who
is unfamiliar
with the topic.
Actually sit beside someone
and read your essay outline out loud.
If you follow what you're saying
and there's no confusion on your end
and the
audience doesn't have to ask for
much clarification,
then you are probably on the right track
and you can begin writing your essay.
If your audience does need clarification
then this may tell you that you have
to go back and rework your outline.
Perhaps your arguments are
ambiguous
or the sequence of the
essay outlined does not make sense.
In this case, go back
and revisit your outline
and make sure all of the
pieces come together.
Remember although you are very familiar
with the topic you want to maintain
a sense that you are writing for someone
who isn't as familiar
with the topic as you are.
This is called the general audience.
Do not assume that people are familiar
with the topic
and make sure you are informing them every
step of the way.
Most analytical,
interpretive and persuasice of essays
tend to follow the same basic pattern.
So in other words the pattern that
we just discussed can be used in
any of these types of essays.
I would also recommend looking for a physical
essay template before you begin
your outline.
This can give you a visual guide
of how to write your mind.
In sum,
began writing her essay outline
by following these tips.
First think about your thesis statement
and the main parts of your essay.
Do not begin writing your essay
without an outline.
Use the outline to guide
you through the essay writing process.
Use an essay outline template.
Begin with an introduction,
thesis statement
and two body paragraphs
including details to flush out
these body paragraphs.
You'll also want to include a concluding
sentence.
In terms of your essay you do not need to
begin by writing an introduction.
In some cases it might be better
to wait until the end
and write the introduction.
Keep the thesis in mind throughout
the process of writing your outline.
And one final tip: if you
are writing an essay for an exam
flip your exam over
and use the back of blank
sheet to develop an outline for
yourself. Just because you're writing
an essay exam does
not mean that you can't also
write an outline.
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