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Expository Essay: Outline

Directions:

1. Please review your Topic 3 readings and the “Planning and Getting Started” section of “The Writing Process” media piece.

2. Fill in the outline and references sections below. Make sure to use complete sentences when completing the outline.

Note: There is an example outline provided in Course Materials to help further guide you if needed.

Expository Essay Topic:
Essay Title:
I. Introduction: (Begin with a hook sentence to capture your audience’s attention, then provide a brief background of the topic and end with your thesis statement.)

a. Hook:

 

b. Additional background information:

 

 

c. Mapped Thesis statement ( review Topic 3DQ1 for feedback from instructor ):

 

 

 

  
II. Support

Supporting Point #1 (subtopic 1): ____________________

a. Topic sentence for this first sub-topic:

 

b. Two to three paraphrased supporting details from your research with in-text citations

· Supporting paraphrase 1:

 

 

 

· Supporting paraphrase 2:

 

 

c. Explain why this research is important to your audience (avoid 1st & 2nd person):

 

 

 

 

  
Supporting Point #2 (subtopic 2): ____________________

a. Topic sentence for this second sub-topic:

 

b. Two to three paraphrased supporting details from your research with in-text citations

· Supporting paraphrase 1:

 

 

 

· Supporting paraphrase 2:

 

 

c. Explain why this research is important to your audience (avoid 1st & 2nd person):

 

 

 

  
Supporting Point #3 (subtopic 3): ____________________

a. Topic sentence for this third sub-topic:

 

 

 

b. Two to three paraphrased supporting details from your research with in-text citations

· Supporting paraphrase 1:

 

 

 

· Supporting paraphrase 2:

 

 

 

c. Explain why this research is important to your audience (avoid 1st & 2nd person):

 

 

 

  
III. Conclusion: (Paraphrase your thesis statement, summarize main points, and make final remarks.)

a. Paraphrase thesis statement:

 

b. Summarize main points:

 

 

c. Final remarks:

 

 

  
References

Organize all references you will use in the essay and list them in the space below in alphabetical order based on author’s last name. Be sure the reference page is double-spaced and formatted to have hanging indents by ½ an inch, with the first line hanging and all others indented. See the GCU Style Guide for help with formatting references and citations. Within the essay, this reference page will be on its own page at the bottom of your essay.