Color-Coded Outline / Jane Schaffer Essay
You may type your essay on this document if it will help you.
Introduction Paragraph
1) Topic sentence (your hook!
2) Information about body paragraph 1 / background
3) Information about body paragraph 2 / background
4) Information about body paragraph 3 / background
5) In-text Citation(s) if research included.
6) Thesis (this is only 1 sentence long and sums up what your essay is about)
(Once I have read your introduction paragraph I should know exactly what you are going to be writing about. There should be no surprises within your essay that take you off the topics that you have listed above.)
Body Paragraph 1 – This is what you stated in sentence 3 in the introduction paragraph. Don’t get off topic!
1) Topic sentence
2) Concrete detail #1(this is your example/fact) In-text Citation
3) Commentary (this is your one – two sentence explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
4) Concrete detail #2 (this is your example/fact) In-text Citation
5) Commentary (this is your one-two sentence explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
6) Closing/Wrap sentence (brings the paragraph to a close and relates all information back to your thesis; restates topic sentence in a new/different way.
Body Paragraph 2 – This is what you stated in sentence 4 in the introduction paragraph. Don’t get off topic!
1) Topic sentence
2) Concrete detail #1(this is your example/fact) In-text Citation
3) Commentary (this is your one-two sentence explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
4) Concrete detail #2 (this is your example/fact) In-text Citation
5) Commentary (this is your one-two sentence explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
6) Closing/Wrap sentence (brings the paragraph to a close and relates all information back to your thesis; restates topic sentence in a new/different way.
Body Paragraph 3 – This is what you stated in sentence 5 in the introduction paragraph. Don’t get off topic!
1) Topic sentence
2) Concrete detail #1(this is your example/fact) In-text Citation
3) Commentary (this is your one-two sentence explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
4) Concrete detail #2 (this is your example/fact) In-text Citation
5) Commentary (this is your one-two sentence explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
6) Closing/Wrap sentence (brings the paragraph to a close and relates all information back to your thesis; restates topic sentence in a new/different way.
Conclusion Paragraph
1) Restate thesis statement (Try to flip flop the wording and restate your thesis differently. DO NOT restate it word for word)
2) Cover your main points rom your body paragraphs [or] make a universal statement and relate your topics to our world today. This is not the place to introduce new research!
3) Write a final statement about your topic that sums up what your essay was about. Try to make this a profound statement that will leave your reader in ‘awe’ of your essay.
Other Possible Body Paragraph Outline
Body Paragraph
1) Topic sentence
2) Concrete detail #1(this is your example/fact) In-text Citation
3) Commentary to CD #1(this is your explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
4) Commentary to CD #1
5) Concrete detail #2 (this is your example/fact) In-text Citation
6) Commentary to CD #2 (this is your explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
7) Commentary to CD #2 (this is your explanation of the concrete detail and how it relates to your thesis/topic)
8) Closing/Wrap sentence (brings the paragraph to a close and relates all information back to your thesis; restates topic sentence in a new/different way.
“Money Words” for transitions –
· In addition to, *This is important because *This shows…
· For example, *Further,
· Therefore,
· However,