How should I outline a argumentative research paper?

here’s a simple outline………

Working Title (*optional here. You may want to wait until after your first draft)

Introductory Paragraph

What do I need to say to set up my thesis?

Thesis Statement (usually including a mention of the main points to come) =

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Transition (you don’t have to write these out now but you should know what they’d roughly be)

Reason #4 = _________________________

example + explication of how it supports topic sentence

Concluding sentence on how (all) the example(s) support thesis

Transition

Reason #3 = _________________________

example + explication of how it supports topic sentence

Concluding sentence on how (all) the example(s) support thesis

Transition

Reason #2 = _________________________

example + explication of how it supports topic sentence

Concluding sentence on how (all) the example(s) support thesis

Transition

Reason #1 = _________________________

example + explication of how it supports topic sentence

Concluding sentence on how (all) the example(s) support thesis

Transition

Concluding Paragraph

sum up what X number of reasons have illustrated re: thesis

some thoughts on the implications of what you’ve just said or shown

I hope that helps…..that’s how I always write my papers…… it should work. Trust me, just knock it out!

Q. Tino has laid out a perfect shell for the outline.

Don’t forget to address rebuttal arguments as well. This will help with the 6 page minimum.

Ugh, I had to write one last semester in college and it had to be 7 pages. I did get an “A” on it though! I did mine over E-85 fuels. If you message me, I’ll send you mine and you can use it as a guideline.