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Textbook Reading:
Week 2
Chapter 11: 3
Outlining a Proposal Argument
Many
students avoid writing an outline for various reasons; however, the benefits
of writing a complete and well-organized outline are significant. Reluctant
students should remember that outlines can be revised during the actual
drafting of the essay. In addition, time spent on a quality outline will be
saved exponentially when drafting the essay itself.
I. Introduction
I. Hook your audience.
(Relate it to the problem and proposed solution in your thesis)
II. Identify the problem.
(Give background/ context to help your audience clearly understand the
problem. Do not use any source materials in this section)
III. State your thesis
(Make a clear argument proposing a feasible solution to the problem. It is
best to use an essay map with your
thesis.)
II. Several Body
Paragraphs (Many prefer for opposing viewpoints to be final body paragraph
before the conclusion; however, it can be included in any order in the body
of the essay.)
I. Topic Sentence: Directly
supports the thesis argument about your proposed solution and
clearly identifies the topic of each individual body paragraph by breaking
down the argument from the essay map.
II. Argument Development: Establish the
belief system of the topic being argued in the paragraph. Focus is on
clearly detailing the argument point(s) and then following the writer’s
argument with the evidence and then analysis sentences.
III. Evidence: Example(s),
fact(s), etc. from correctly cited quotes, paraphrases, and/or summaries that
support your main point of the topic sentence relating it to the thesis and
providing additional information about the problem. (Must relate to the
proposed changes that you are arguing.)
IV. Analysis: Your explanation
of how the evidence supports the topic
sentence/thesis statement. Include benefits of your proposal and clarify how
it will solve the problem. (Avoid using first and second person pronouns in
all academic writing.)
V. Summative Sentence: Reiterates the
topic sentence in a new way and transitions your ideas from one paragraph to
the next. (Use appropriate transitional words and sentences throughout your
essay to help you essay flow well for your reader.)
III. One or More Body
Paragraphs to Discuss Opposing Viewpoints
I. Topic Sentence: Introduces opposing
viewpoint(s).
II. Refutation: Explanation of why
you disagree. (Avoid first and second person pronouns.)
III. Development: of why you disagree
and why your proposal is better than the opposition.
IV. Facts, examples, to support your
disagreement—if applicable—of the opposition.
V. Summative Sentence: Wraps up the
paragraph and refutation of the opposing viewpoint and includes a transition
into the conclusion paragraph.
IV. Conclusion Paragraph
I. Restates your thesis
claim in a new way.
II. Summarizes main points of
your body paragraphs.
III. Leaves reader with
final thought and/or call to action.
The
outline above has been modified from the content in “Chapter 11: The Elements
of Argument (Section 11-3: Proposal Argument)” of LUC: White &
Billings, The Well-Crafted Argument (2018).
Additional
information for the clearest outline and essay possible has been added to the
original outline sample from that textbook. Please follow the outline
layout above for the Proposal Argument Outline assignment in this ENGL101
course.
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For help with idea progression and development in a Proposal Argument, Ethical Argument, or Cause and Effect Argument assignment, please see these outline examples from “Chapter 11” of The Well-Crafted Argument.
© J. Lynn H. Dick, 2019
For
Educational Purposes Only
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