Research Paper Outline Template Name: Class: Date: Title Attention Grabber: directly relate the hook to your topic, make the hook catch the reader’s attention (Can be a surprising statistic, a rhetorical question, an anecdote or a summary of a fact) Background Information: give a brief history of your topic and explain its importance Lead into Thesis: a transition sentence(s) that links the background information to your thesis : breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience. (May be more than 1 sentence.) Paragraphs Motivations Encounters and Interactions with the Native Americans Benefits and Consequences Summarize/Synthesize: a summary sentence(s) that declares a wrap-up of concepts to begin this paragraph. Restate Thesis: restate the thesis Final Suggestion/Evaluation in alphabetical order by last name Include World Book on line, other digital source (s) and texts
Research Paper Outline Template Name: Class: Date: Title Attention Grabber: directly relate the hook to your topic, make the hook catch the reader’s attention (Can be a surprising statistic, a rhetorical question, an anecdote or a summary of a fact) Background Information: give a brief history of your topic and explain its importance Lead into Thesis: a transition sentence(s) that links the background information to your thesis : breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience. (May be more than 1 sentence.) Paragraphs Motivations Encounters and Interactions with the Native Americans Benefits and Consequences Summarize/Synthesize: a summary sentence(s) that declares a wrap-up of concepts to begin this paragraph. Restate Thesis: restate the thesis Final Suggestion/Evaluation in alphabetical order by last name Include World Book on line, other digital source (s) and texts
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