The argumentative essay

The idea of an argumentative is to establish an argument and provide

evidence of why your claim is correct. You will collect evidence in defense of
your argument and evaluate it.
An argumentative essay outline steps:

i. Introduction
a. General background information about your topic

b. Thesis Statement (a short statement, usually one sentence,

that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research
paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the
text by means of examples and evidence.)

c. Attention Grabber (Something which grabs attention.

e.g. Video, quotation, anecdotes, surprising facts, question,
strong statement, etc.)

ii. Body paragraphs

a. Argument 1 in support of your thesis

i. Supporting fact

ii. Supporting fact

iii. Supporting fact

b. Argument 2 in support of your thesis

i. Supporting fact

ii. Supporting fact

iii. Supporting fact

c. Argument 3 in support of your thesis

i. Supporting fact

ii. Supporting fact

iii. Supporting fact

iii. Opposing arguments and your response to these claims

a. Opposing argument 1 to your thesis

i. Your response to this claim

b. Opposing argument 2 to your thesis

i. Your response to this claim

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iv. Conclusion
a. Reiterate arguments made in thesis statement

b. Why this essay matters (ideas for future research, why it's
especially relevant now, possible applications, etc.)

c. Impact Conclusion (Your essay conclusion is your

parting shot. It’s your opportunity to leave your reader
with a favourable impression of the arguments you’ve
just made. You want them, at minimum, to be convinced
that you’ve achieved what you set out to achieve; that
you’ve proved your points. Better yet, you want them to
feel satisfied that you’ve taken them on an intellectual
journey that was interesting and rewarding.

Expository essay outline

Expository essays often get confused with argumentative essays, but the
main difference is that the writer's opinions and emotions are completely
left out of an expository essay. The objective of an expository essay is to
investigate a topic and present an argument in an unbiased way, but to still
arrive at a conclusion. Because of this subtle difference, it's important to
have a solid outline to get you started on your writing.

i. Introduction
a. The presentation of the topic

b. Your thesis statement

ii. Body paragraphs

a. Topic sentence 1

i. Supporting evidence

ii. Analysis

iii. Transition sentence

b. Topic sentence 2

i. Supporting evidence

ii. Analysis

iii. Transition sentence

c. Topic sentence 3

i. Supporting evidence

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 ii. Analysis

iii. Transition sentence

iii. Conclusion
a. Reiterate the points with an overview of the main points you
discussed throughout the paper.

b. Offer solutions, insight into why this topic matters, and what
future topics could be expanded upon in a future paper.

Reflective essay outline

Reflective papers are a fun exercise where you get to write about a
particular experience in your life and to discuss what lessons you learned
from it. First-person essays are a really popular genre right now and are
designed to make people from all different backgrounds reflect on a
common human experience like receiving your first kiss, failing at
something, or triumphing over obstacles. Reflective essays are a little bit
less rigid writing than a traditional classroom essay, the structure is
definitely not set in stone. Feel free to play around with what makes sense
for your particular story and experience.

i. Introduction
a. A really great hook that will have the audience want to keep
reading on.

b. A brief little tease of what the story is going to be about. You'll

probably need one to two sentences tops.

ii. Body paragraphs

a. Act I of your story

i. What happened initially?

ii. Who were the key players?

iii. What obstacle did you have to overcome?

b. Act II of your story

i. Describe the obstacle/problem in more detail

ii. What role did the key players have?

c. Act III of your story

i. What happened at the end?

ii. Was everything tied up neatly or not?

iii. Conclusion

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 a. Summary of the events

b. What lesson did you learn? Or, maybe, what was the lesson
you learned much later on in life?

Compare and contrast essay outline

We compare and contrast things all the time in "real" life. We analyze what
kind of healthcare plan we want, what major to pick, what phone we want,
what career we want to pursue, etc. Having the skills to analyze two (or
more) items and discovering what the facts are about them so that you can
make an educated decision on which to pick are pretty crucial.
A compare and contrast essay gives us the building blocks to understand
how to make these decisions with real-life applications — and they can be
pretty fun too. Although these compare and contrast essays don't have as
complicated of a structure as an expository or an argumentative essay, it's
still important to plan out how you're going to tackle this type of essay.
Here's an idea of what a compare and contrast outline might look like:

i. Introduction
a. A brief introduction to the topic and what Point A and Point B
are

b. Your thesis statement (which will contain some sort of

equivalence or dissonance between Point A and Point B)

ii. Body paragraphs

a. Topic sentence 1 about Point A

i. Claim 1 about Point A

ii. Claim 2 about Point A

iii. Claim 3 about Point A

b. Topic sentence 2 about Point B

i. Claim 1 about Point B

ii. Claim 2 about Point B

iii. Claim 3 about Point B

c. Topic sentence 3 that connects Point A and Point B

i. What is similar between these two points?

ii. What is dissimilar?

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 iii. What comparisons can be made?

iii. Conclusion

a. What conclusions can we draw about comparing these two

points?

b. Any further research required or suggested for the future?

c. Is there a third thing that we should be comparing these two

points to?