Academic Paragraph & Essay Outlining Forms

ELU/Science

Fall 2001_090

Last Updated: Spring 2003

Instructor: Buthaina Al Othman

Standard Forms of Outlining

1) Standard Form of Paragraph Outlining:

Main Parts of a Paragraph:

1)    Topic sentence.

2)     Supporting points + Supporting details.

3)    Concluding sentence.

Academic Paragraph Outline Form

I. Topic sentence: ____________________

A) Supporting point: ___________________

o Supporting detail: ________________

B) Supporting Point: ___________________

o Supporting detail: ________________

C) Supporting Point: ___________________

o Supporting detail: __________________

II. Concluding sentence: _______________

2) Standard Form of Essay Outlining:

Main Parts of Essay:

1)    Introduction.

2)     Body.

3)    Conclusion.

Academic Essay Outline Form

v Introduction:

Topic sentence: ______________________________

Thesis statement: _________________________

Supporting Point(s): _____________________

v Body:

Paragraph (1):

1. Topic sentence: __________________________________

Supporting point 1: _______________________________
- Supporting detail: ______________________________
Supporting point 2: ________________________________
- Supporting detail: ______________________________

Paragraph (2):

2. Topic sentence: ___________________________________

Supporting point 1: _______________________________
- Supporting detail 1: ____________________________
- Supporting detail 2: ____________________________

Paragraph (3)

3. Topic sentence: _____________________________________

Supporting point (1): ________________________________
- Supporting detail: _______________________________
- Supporting detail: _______________________________
- Supporting detail: _______________________________

v Conclusion:

Concluding remarks/ summary of Main Idea:__________________
Summary of Main Point(s): ___________________________
Suggestion: ________________________________________

Note:

The number of supporting points and supporting details determines the number of sentences in a paragraph. The more points and specific details, the writer provides, means more sentences are to be written. Meanwhile, the number of supporting points decides the number of paragraphs in the body of an essay. The more supporting points the writer mentions, the more paragraphs are to be written.