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Thesis: The central idea of your paper (should predict, control and obligate).
I. Introduction (In an introduction or conclusion, you do not have to have a B.)
A. A brief introduction of your topic.
1. The first sentence of your paper.
2. Some background information about your topic.
3. More information about the background.
3. Thesis Statement: Exact same statement as above.
4. Credibility Statement(Choose one of these or something similar)
a. What personally connects you to this topic?
b. What type of research have you done to establish credibility?
5. Preview of Main Points (transition sentence)
II. Point 1
A. 1st Evidence with 1st point
1. Statement of the first main point; you should not use a source in this sentence.
2. Idea of development or support for the first main point.
3. Another sentence of development.
4. Introduce your cited material with a textual attribution.
5. Support material (ex: statistics, quotation, etc.- cite source)

6. Explain your supporting materials relevance to your thesis.

7. More explanation of the cited material
8. Transition sentence that looks back (internal summary) and looks forward
(preview).
B. 2nd piece of evidence for the 1st point
1. Connect this second example with the first.
2. Idea of development or support for the first main point.
3. Another sentence of development.
4. Introduce your cited material with a textual attribution.
5. Support material (ex: statistics, quotation, etc.- cite source)
6. Explain your supporting materials relevance to your thesis.
7. More explanation of the cited material
8. Connect back to your overall idea for the paper.
9. Transition sentence
III. Point 2
A. 1st Evidence with 2nd point
1. Statement of the first main point; you should not use a source in this sentence.
2. Idea of development or support for the second main point.
3. Another sentence of development.
4. Introduce your cited material with a textual attribution.
5. Support material (ex: statistics, quotation, etc.- cite source)
6. Explain your supporting materials relevance to your thesis.
7. More explanation of the cited material

8. Transition sentence that looks back (internal summary) and looks forward
(preview).
B. 2nd piece of evidence for the 2nd point
1. Connect this second example with the first.
2. Idea of development or support for the second main point.
3. Another sentence of development.
4. Introduce your cited material with a textual attribution.
5. Support material (ex: statistics, quotation, etc.- cite source)
6. Explain your supporting materials relevance to your thesis.
7. More explanation of the cited material
8. Connect back to your overall idea for the paper.
9. Transition sentence
IV. Point 3
A. 1st Evidence with 3rd point
1. Statement of the first main point; you should not use a source in this sentence.
2. Idea of development or support for the third main point.
3. Another sentence of development.
4. Introduce your cited material with a textual attribution.
5. Support material (ex: statistics, quotation, etc.- cite source)
6. Explain your supporting materials relevance to your thesis.
7. More explanation of the cited material
8. Transition sentence that looks back (internal summary) and looks forward
(preview).

B. 2nd piece of evidence for the 2nd point

1. Connect this second example with the first.
2. Idea of development or support for the third main point.
3. Another sentence of development.
4. Introduce your cited material with a textual attribution.
5. Support material (ex: statistics, quotation, etc.- cite source)
6. Explain your supporting materials relevance to your thesis.
7. More explanation of the cited material
8. Connect back to your overall idea for the paper.
9. Transition sentence

V. Conclusion (In an introduction or conclusion, you do not have to have a B.)

A. Review of Main Points:
1. Restate your first main point.
2. Restate your second main point.
3. Restate your third main point.
3. Restate Thesis: Exact same as above.
4. Closure: Develop a creative closing that will give the paper a sense of ending.
This point may be more than one sentence. You should refer back to your first
sentence.