Planning a Cause/Effect Essay
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Outlining a Cause/Effect Argument
Liberty Student Textbook Reading: Chapter 11-7a
Many students avoid writing an outline for various reasons; however, the benefits of writing a complete and well-organized outline are significant.
Reluctant students should remember that outlines can be revised during the actual drafting of the essay. Outlines are not set in stone. They are a way to preliminarily organize thoughts about the argument. In addition, time spent on a quality outline will be saved exponentially when drafting the essay itself.
When creating your outline, you will have the sections below
in traditional Roman Numeral formatting. You can click on the section headers below to learn more about the structure for the introduction, body, and closing paragraphs. Below is a simple overview of the content required in an academic
outline.
This is not a Step-by-Step outline. This is simply letting you know the sections and the general content
for each section.
For the Cause/Effect Outline sample from the readings, Click Here.
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Write Your Thesis Here: _____________________
I.
Introduction:
A.
One
Paragraph
1.
This
paragraph introduces the argument
a)
‘Hook’ the reader
b)
Provide details to transition to the thesis
c)
Use no sources
2.
Thesis
asserts the argument for the essay based on the prompt
B.
Minimum
of 3 sentences in this paragraph
II.
Body-paragraphs (Argument):
A.
Two
or More Body Paragraphs
1.
These
body paragraphs establish the argument
a)
Begins and ends in your own words—no sources
in topic sentence or closing sentence in body paragraphs
b)
in
3rd person voice
c)
Limiting source usage
d)
Asking no questions
e)
Eliminating all slang and contractions
2.
These
body paragraphs follow the Hamburger Method
B.
Minimum
of 5 sentences in each body paragraph
III.
Body-paragraphs (Counter-Argument):
A.
At
least 1 Counter-Argument Body Paragraph
1.
These
body paragraphs refute the opposition
a)
Begins and ends in your own words—no sources
in topic sentence or closing sentence in body paragraphs
b)
Addresses
opposition
c)
Clearly
tears apart oppositional argument
d)
In
3rd person voice
e)
Asking no questions
f)
Eliminating all slang and contractions
2.
These
body paragraphs follow the Hamburger Method
B.
Minimum
of 5 sentences in each body paragraph
IV.
Conclusion Paragraph:
A.
One
Paragraph
1.
This
paragraph wraps up the argument
a)
Rewords the Thesis to assert it one more
time to the audience
b)
Wraps up the assertions from the
body-paragraphs that proved the argument
c)
Use no sources
d)
Provide no new information
2.
Send
the reader away with a call to action or a line that requires the reader to agree
with the argument in the essay
B.
Minimum
of 3 sentences in this paragraph
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Go to the Step-by-Step outline for more details on what goes exactly where in the outline layout. The Step-by-Step outline will set up your writing in a way that it is ready to be made into a draft.
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Outlining a Cause/Effect Essay (Part 2)
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