Research Essay Outline

I. Introduction
A. Attention-getter
1. _____________________________________________________________________(Transition sentence goes here) B. Preview main points
1. _______________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________(Transition sentence goes here) C. Thesis statement
1. _______________________________________________________________________ (you may also put the thesis before the preview if you find it to be a better flow for your paper)
II. Body
A. Body paragraph #1 (first proof of your thesis statement)
1. Topic sentence
a. _____________________________________________________________________
2. Supporting details (proof of topic sentence; be specific with details and have enough information)
a. ______________________________________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________________________
d. ______________________________________________________________________
e. ______________________________________________________________________
f. ______________________________________________________________________
B. Body paragraph #1 (second proof of your thesis statement)
1. Topic sentence
a. _____________________________________________________________________
2. Supporting details (proof of topic sentence; be specific with details and have enough information)
a. ______________________________________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________________________
d. ______________________________________________________________________
e. ______________________________________________________________________
f. ______________________________________________________________________

C. Body paragraph #1 (third proof of your thesis statement)
1. Topic sentence
a. _____________________________________________________________________
2. Supporting details (proof of topic sentence; be specific with details and have enough information)
a. ______________________________________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________________________
d. ______________________________________________________________________
e. ______________________________________________________________________
f. ______________________________________________________________________
III. Conclusion
A. Re-state thesis
1. ________________________________________(Transition sentence goes here) B. Review main points
1. _______________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________(Transition sentence goes here) C. Attention-"goer" (sometimes called the "clincher")
1. _____________________________________________________________________

My Spring Break

My spring break was horrible. I was supposed to go to Texas but then the plans fell through so I was just going to spend the week with my friends and that didn't happen either.
Well I did hang out with my friends on Thursday, the night before spring break really started, and I ended up getting really sick and going home and then I proceeded to get sicker and sicker as the days went on. I was sick for about a week and I had a fever that got up to around 103 and I couldn't stand up or I got light headed. It was awesomely fun! When I finally got better I hung out with my friends. That's was it, I didn't have time for anything else and even if I did, it seemed like everyone else was out of town so I couldn't have done anything anyway. Maybe next year will be better....