English 85—YanoverEssay #2 Your Name Blank OutlineYour Name:

PARAGRAPH #1: INTRODUCTION (done previously)

Step 1:Identify the author, “Title,” topic, and thesis of the essay you’ve selected to summarize.

Author:

“The Title of the Essay”:

The Topic (first names, last names, nicknames, the writer’s first name, a specific name, etc.):

The Thesis: Write a complete sentence stating what the author believes, feels, or thinks about the topic).

Step 2A: Your summary of what in the essay proves and develops the essay’s thesis:

Step 2B: Write a transition from the author’s/essay’s topic and thesis about names to your topic/your name.

Step 2C: Give background about your name:

Step 3: Write a complete sentence stating your Thesis (one main idea—one feeling or one thought you have) about your name.

PARAGRAPH #2: BODY PARAGRAPH ABOUT YOUR FIRST NAME

Step 1:Write a complete sentence stating the Topic Sentence of this paragraph. The Topic Sentence should identify one main idea (description of or feeling or thought) about your first name. Note: The whole paragraph will relate to and help support this idea.

Step 2: List ideas you have for at least 3 primary support or general examples that will help support the topic sentence as well as secondary support or specific details about each primary support/example:

Primary Support (Example #1):

Secondary Support (Details):

Primary Support (Example #2):

Secondary Support (Details):

Primary Support (Example #3):

Secondary Support (Details):

Step 3:End the paragraph with a concluding sentence connecting back to your thesis, explaining why your description, though, or feeling about your first name makes you feel the way your thesis says you do about your name as a whole.

PARAGRAPH #3: BODY PARAGRAPH ABOUT YOUR MIDDLE NAME, NICKNAME, A FAMILY NAME, OR MAIDEN NAME

Step 1:Write a complete sentence stating the Topic Sentence of this paragraph. The Topic Sentence should identify one main idea (description of or feeling or thought) about your middle name/nickname/a family name/maiden name. Note: The whole paragraph will relate to and help support this idea.

Step 2: List ideas you have for at least 3 primary support or general examples that will help support the topic sentence as well as secondary support or specific details about each primary support/example:

Primary Support (Example #1):

Secondary Support (Details):

Primary Support (Example #2):

Secondary Support (Details):

Primary Support (Example #3):

Secondary Support (Details):

Step 3:End the paragraph with a concluding sentence connecting back to your thesis, explaining why your description, though, or feeling about your middle name/nickname/this family name/maiden name makes you feel the way your thesis says you do about your name as a whole.

PARAGRAPH #4: BODY PARAGRAPH ABOUT YOUR LAST NAME

Step 1:Write a complete sentence stating the Topic Sentence of this paragraph. The Topic Sentence should identify one main idea (description of or feeling or thought) about your last name. Note: The whole paragraph will relate to and help support this idea.

Step 2: List ideas you have for at least 3 primary support or general examples that will help support the topic sentence as well as secondary support or specific details about each primary support/example:

Primary Support (Example #1):

Secondary Support (Details):

Primary Support (Example #2):

Secondary Support (Details):

Primary Support (Example #3):

Secondary Support (Details):

Step 3:End the paragraph with a concluding sentence connecting back to your thesis, explaining why your description, though, or feeling about your last name makes you feel the way your thesis says you do about your name as a whole.

PARAGRAPH 5: CONCLUSION

Step 1:Write a complete sentence that reminds the reader of your Thesis Statement (how you feel or what think about your name). The word/feeling should be the same though the sentence should be a little different from the way you wrote it in the introduction.

Step 2:Present ideas for how you might develop your thesis.

  1. Reflect on how your name has affected you (your identity, your personality, your life, your relationships, etc.).
  1. Look ahead. Speculate about the future, answering one or more of the following questions: Would you ever change your name? Why or why not? Will you pass your name on to your child? Why or why not? If not, how will you choose a name for your child? Why?

Step3:List some ideas below for a strong concluding sentence/thought. Consider why your name is important to you or why names in general are important.