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Essay Outline Essay 2

Paragraph 1: Introduction

Start by discussing the topic of social issues in a general way____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Start narrowing down what you are going to talk aboutmore specifically about local issues____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Introduce the authors full name and title and briefly summarize what the book is about. Wegenerally use the format, Inthe book/article [title], [authors full name] discusses...______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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State your thesis statement. This should clearly respond to the prompt, and you can even use thewording of the prompt. You should include both the problem you will focus on and yoursolution.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraphs 2-5 (it is up to you how many body paragraphs): Body Paragraphs

Start with a topic sentence that clearly states the main idea of this paragraph and ties back to yourthesis statement____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Give plenty of details to EXPLAIN the point you are making and how this point relates to yourthesis:

o SPECIFIC examples from your own life or your observationso SPECIFIC examples fromHearts and Hands, including page numbers___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Paragraph 4: Conclusion

Remind the reader what the topic was______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Remind the reader that you are responding to a reading (restate the title/author/main point of threading)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Remind the reader what your thesis statement is (restate the problem you focused on and yoursolution)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Conclude with some new insight about the topic or look to the future____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________