Sherry Said:

i need help writing only a thesis and essay outline about the novel white noise by don dellilo?

We Answered:

Well. You first have to decide on what point you are going to prove in your essay. You have to take a stance, and your paper has to back it up.

So ask yourself: What do I feel about this book? What point can I make to express this feeling to someone else? Do you have a unique vision of what the book was trying to say, some kind of interesting spin maybe? This is what should compromise your thesis statement. You thesis should be direct, and not ambiguous at all.

Then, pick a few points from the novel that back up your thesis statement. These points are what will make your topic sentences. Yout topic sentences have to reinforce your thesis, and also be direct and to the point. If you write a topic sentence, then the rest of the paragraph must follow the logic of the TS and reflect back to your thesis.

Order your TS's from your weakest argument to your strongest. The strongest arguments should be just before the conclusion so you can properly sway the reader to your viewpoint.

When you get to the conclusion, you typically restate your thesis, and a few sentences on how your TS's have proved your point. Then leave the paper with a last line of finality, the last nail in the coffin, so to speak, so the reader will knwo your viewpoint is proper.

So an outline:

A. Thesis Statement
B. TS #1
a. Supporting evidence
b. Supporting evidence
c. " " "
C. TS #2
a. Supporting evidence.......ad nauseum.

You see the pattern I hope

X. Conclusion

Marilyn Said:

Help writing an outline for an essay in ap history?

We Answered:

What part do you need help on? All you've done is post the work.

EDIT: Most likely on Roman culture. What have you got so far?

Rita Said:

Writing an outline for my arguement essay...?

We Answered:

STEP 4. MAKE A TENTATIVE OUTLINE
All points must relate to the same major topic that you first mentioned in your capital Roman numeral.

Example of an outline:

I. INTRODUCTION - (Brief comment leading into subject matter -
Thesis statement on Shakespeare)
II. BODY - Shakespeare's Early Life, Marriage, Works, Later Years
A. Early life in Stratford
1. Shakespeare's family
a. Shakespeare's father
b. Shakespeare's mother
2. Shakespeare's marriage
a. Life of Anne Hathaway
b. Reference in Shakespeare's Poems
B. Shakespeare's works
1. Plays
a. Tragedies
i. Hamlet
ii. Romeo and Juliet
b. Comedies
i. The Tempest
ii. Much Ado About Nothing
c. Histories
i. King John
ii. Richard III
iii. Henry VIII
2. Sonnets
3. Other poems
C. Shakespeare's Later Years
1. Last two plays
2. Retired to Stratford
a. Death
b. Burial
i. Epitaph on his tombstone
III. CONCLUSION
A. Analytical summary
1. Shakespeare's early life
2. Shakespeare's works
3. Shakespeare's later years
B. Thesis reworded
C. Concluding statement

Tony Said:

Can someone make me a persuasive essay outline?

We Answered:

I can't give you details. But my english teacher gave me this general outline:

Introduction (identify issue):

Statement of Opinion (thesis):

Reasons (at least 3):
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Supporting Evidence(atleast 3):
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Objections:
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Counterobjections:
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Then Conclusion.

I don't know if this helps. But it gives you a very general outline. It helps if you fill it out then just plug it into a paper and add details. TADA!