Name: _________________________________________

Sentence Outline Worksheet

Title of Paper:

Thesis:

I. Topic Sentence:

a. An important detail or quote (from a primary source) that supports the topic of
this paragraph. Explain how it supports the topic. Write this out in complete
sentences just as you would in your essay.

b. Another important detail or quote (from a primary or secondary source) that

supports the topic of this paragraph. Explain how it supports the topic. Write this
out in complete sentences just as you would in your essay.

c. And yet another important detail or quote (from a primary or secondary source)
that supports the topic of this paragraph. Explain how it supports the topic. Write
this out in complete sentences just as you would in your essay.
II. Topic Sentence:

a. An important detail or quote (from a primary source) that supports the topic of
this paragraph. Explain how it supports the topic. Write this out in complete
sentences just as you would in your essay.

b. Another important detail or quote (from a primary or secondary source) that

supports the topic of this paragraph. Explain how it supports the topic. Write this
out in complete sentences just as you would in your essay.

c. And yet another important detail or quote (from a primary or secondary source)
that supports the topic of this paragraph. Explain how it supports the topic. Write
this out in complete sentences just as you would in your essay.
III. Topic Sentence:

a. An important detail or quote (from a primary source) that supports the topic
of this paragraph. Explain how it supports the topic. Write this out in
complete sentences just as you would in your essay.

b. Another important detail or quote (from a primary or secondary source) that

supports the topic of this paragraph. Explain how it supports the topic. Write
this out in complete sentences just as you would in your essay.

c. And yet another important detail or quote (from a primary or secondary

source) that supports the topic of this paragraph. Explain how it supports the
topic. Write this out in complete sentences just as you would in your essay.
Things to Remember: Each paragraph should include details and/or quotes from your
primary source. Your outline should include at least three quotes from secondary sources. In
your outline, practice correctly incorporating quotes into your sentences and properly citing
sources.

Example:

I. Poe’s narrator reveals to the reader from the beginning that he is not in the most
stabilized mental condition.
a. Not only are the narrator’s nerves fragile and anxious, but his psychological
condition is furthermore stressed by not comprehending his new feelings: “what was
it that so unnerved me?” (Poe 264).
b. The narrator’s psychological state is so disturbing he compares it to the after-effects
of an intense altered state caused by opium. The narrator is now predisposed to filter
all that he sees at the House of Usher through a disturbed psychology.
c. According to William Hutchings, “As fantastical as Poe tends to be, he rarely resolves
a story with such unabashed spectacle as he does the Usher tale. In Poe’s fictional
world this definitively suggests his story is of a psychological nature rather than any
‘super-nature’” (76).

Rubric

50 Points Total

 4 points for a creative, but relevant title

 10 points for including a strong thesis
 12 points for each paragraph (3 points for each topic sentence, 3 points for each
supporting point)

Due Wednesday, April 11 by 3 p.m.

Save your outline as a Word document. The name of the document should be your
first initial, last name, underscore, and the words “sentenceoutline.” For example:
jbowser_sentenceoutline. Email your outline to jbowser@asfa.k12.al.us. Use the
subject line SENTENCE OUTLINE.

If you can’t save your outline as a Word document, share the Google Doc with me
at jbowser@asfa.k12.al.us.

Failure to follow these instructions will result in a zero on this assignment.