Project 2 Research Essay: Thesis,

Outline, Draft

You will submit this entire document in Unit 9. You

will copy and paste your full draft in the discussion
board in Unit 10

You must submit this document in the assessment folder titled Project 2. You must copy and
paste the full draft in the discussion board titled Project 2 Peer review for the finished Research
Essay to be accepted for evaluation at full value.

Thesis
Note: Please follow this structure _____Title of source_________evaluation of source
_______frameworks used (optional). IE) Foodbanks are integral by Alex Boyd(2023) is a great
article that uses accuracy, authority, and appeal to emotion to support the main claim. DO NOT
WRITE A THESIS ABOUT ANY TOPIC YOU WISH.

Outline
Feel free to use or adapt/ change the outline template below.

INTRODUCTION

Hook or Inciting Idea:

Background Context:
Main Source--author, title, one-sentence summary:
Provisional Thesis:
SUMMARY

Statement of issue/problem, thesis/message, reasons/narrative events:

RESPONSE

1) First claim critiquing the main source (tied to the thesis): TS

● Textual evidence from the main source:
● Textual evidence from (one or more) research source(s):

2) Second claim critiquing the main source:

● Textual evidence from the main source:
● Textual evidence from research source(s):

3) Third Claim critiquing the main source:

 Textual evidence from the main source:
 Textual evidence from research source(s):

CONCLUSION

Restatement of the thesis in new words:

New question(s):
Concluding statement:

Draft
Write a full first draft (Intro, Summary, Critical Response, Conclusion(s), References). Then
submit this entire document to the assignment folder and copy/paste just the draft here to the
Discussion Board.