1. For "I Want a Wife," answer the following: Do you agree with Brady’s definition of a wife? Why or why not? 

Follow this format for your outline this week, AND remember that your writing MUST really consider your audience and use world EXAMPLES and/or SELF examples to support your points. 

Title 

Audience: ________________________

Purpose: _________________________

I.  Introduction

    A. Attention-grabbing technique #1: __________

    B. A.G. technique #2: __________

    C. A.G. Technique #3: _____________________

    D. Brief summary of article

         1.  Author/ title

          2. Author’s main claim

          3. Author’s main points of support

    D. Your Thesis (answer to focus question): _____________________________

II. Body Paragraph #1

    A. (Topic Sentence) Reason to support thesis: ___________________________

         1. General detail: __________________________________

         2. Specific example from your chosen article ________________________________

         3. Specific self or world example _______________________________________

         4. Speaking to your audience about how your specifics prove your point:    _______________________

III. Body Paragraph #2

    A. (Topic Sentence) Reason to support thesis: ___________________________

         1. General detail: __________________________________

         2. Specific example from your chosen article ________________________________

         3. Specific self or world example _______________________________________

         4. Speaking to your audience about how your specifics prove your point:    _______________________

IV. Body Paragraph #3

    A. (Topic Sentence) Reason to support thesis: __________________________

        1. General detail: __________________________________

         2. Specific example from your chosen article ________________________________

         3. Specific self or world example _______________________________________

         4. Speaking to your audience about how your specifics prove your point:    _______________________

V. Conclusion 

    A. Restatement of thesis

    B. Thought-provoking technique #1

    C. Thought-provoking technique #2

    D. Thought-provoking technique #3

NOTE: Review zoom sessions #1 and #2 for an explanation of essay formatting and audience and purpose

NOTE 2: Review the Intros & Conclusions slides and reminders in Course Resources for help with attention-grabbers and thought-provoking techniques 

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Some things to think about when planning your outline are: 

• Topic sentence: defines a paragraph. Think about it as a mini-claim for that paragraph 
• Major detail (general): supports the topic sentence and is usually a concept of some kind
• Minor detail (specific): supports a major detail and is often a specific, concrete example, quote, statistic, personal experience, etc. 
• Order: there should be a logical way to organize your ideas 
  1. Chronological: develops along a timeline
  2. Spatial: develops in a physical space
     1. Example: from US regions—West, Mountains, Plains, Midwest, East Coast, South
  3. Importance
     • From most to least important
     • From least to most important
• Quantity: there should be enough evidence to clearly make your point
  • Are there any concepts that need additional explanation or evidence to support?
  • Are there any terms that the reader might not know that need a definition?
• Quality: the points should be specific and easily understood
• Focus 
  •  Unity
    1. Every point that is made pertains to the thesis
  • Coherence
    1. All the points transition well
       1. Transitions are relationships, so there needs to be an obvious relationship between ideas. 

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