Outline Template for Essay #1

Please remember to bring two printed and typed copies of your outline to class for workshop on Tuesday, 9/27. These should be at least one full page single spaced or two pages double spaced. Thank you!

NOTE: YOU MAY WANT TO SUBSTITUTE SOME OF THE QUOTES BELOW FOR PARAPHRASES OR SUMMARIES. NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DIRECTLY QUOTED. 

Outline Template:

First Paragraph Block:

            *Introductory Hook (captures your reader's attention)

*Necessary background info (introduce both versions of your tale & writers/creators, the time periods in which the stories were written, any relevant character & plot details, define key terms)

*Thesis statement (1-2 sentences—must specifically list your points of contrast and how they demonstrate a cultural shift. What is that shift, specifically?)

Second Paragraph Block:

*Topic Sentence (mini-thesis statement for the paragraph; should begin to answer the "why" of your paper)

            *Supporting background information/contextual details from both fairy tales for your Topic

            *Quote #1 from Fairy Tale 1 (set up/contextualize/integrate)

            *Analyze Quote #1 

            *Quote #2

            *Analyze Quote #2 from Fairy Tale 2 (set up/contextualize/integrate)

*Analyze how quotes support your point of comparison/contrast, and how they connect back to your overall thesis for the paper

*Quote #3, from outside critical source, if needed….

*[Continue as above]

Third Paragraph Block:

*Topic Sentence (mini-thesis statement for the paragraph)

            *Supporting background information/contextual details from the fairy tales for your Topic

            *Quote #1 from Fairy Tale 1 (set up/contextualize/integrate)

            *Analyze Quote #1

            *Quote #2

            *Analyze Quote #2 from Fairy Tale 2 (set up/contextualize/integrate)

*Analyze how quotes support your point of comparison/contrast, and how they connect back to your overall thesis for the paper

*Quote #3, if needed….

*[Continue as above]

Fourth, Fifth, Etc., Paragraph Blocks (Basically, All Body Paragraphs):

*Same or similar to above. 

Final Paragraph Block

            *Conclusion: Restate your thesis statement in different words. Summarize what has been accomplished in the essay. Close with a compelling hook. Remember not to bring in any new arguments or points of contrast, but to instead focus on reminding your reader of what has already been accomplished, in an interesting way.

Please remember that you will need a Works Cited page with your Essay. Please include a draft of this with your Outline. It should include all five sources (your two fairy tales, and your two outside sources) you intend to use in your essay. Remember, if you include a source on your Works Cited page, you must use it in your essay at least once!