ENG 4U1 ISP Essay Outline

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ISP ESSAY OUTLINE
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Use the organizer below to help focus your ideas and outline your Independent Study Project Essay. You may use as much of the organizer, or as little of it, as you need. You need a minimum of 3 arguments and a minimum of 3 points of proof for each argument. (If you do not need the sections for “Arguments 3 and/or 4”, or for “Point of Proof 3” in each argument, just delete the sections.)
Developing Your Thesis Statement
STEP 1: Finding the Significance
Thesis (What are you going to prove? This is what will link your arguments together – the “so what?”):

STEP 2: Identifying How You’re Going To Prove Your Thesis
Arguments: How are you going to prove your thesis? (Identify each of your arguments below: you need a minimum of 3 arguments and a maximum of 4 arguments.)
Argument 1:

Argument 2:

Argument 3:

Argument 4:

STEP 3: Creating a Thesis Statement
Thesis Statement: (Integrate your thesis with your arguments to create a cohesive “thesis statement” for your essay. Your thesis statement may actually be more than one sentence in length, but make sure that it is still clear and concise.)

Outlining Your Essay

Argument 1
State Your Topic Sentence (Introduce Your Argument and How This Argument Proves Your Thesis):

Point of Proof 1: (Quotations need to be properly cited)
Describe how this point of proof (preferably a direct quotation) proves your argument AND relates to your thesis.

Point of Proof 2: (Quotations need to be properly cited)
Describe how this point of proof (preferably a direct quotation) proves your argument AND relates to your thesis.

Point of Proof 3: (Quotations need to be properly cited)
Describe how this point of proof (preferably a direct quotation) proves your argument AND relates to your thesis.