Outline Planning Guide Use the outline template to create the outline for your argument. Use the tips and the sample from the lesson to help you. Include parenthetical citations for each quotation you include.
I. Introduction
A. Thesis:
II. Counterclaim:
A. Counterpoint A:

B. Quotation to refute counterpoint A:

C. Counterpoint
B: D. Quotation to refute counter point B:

III. Claim:

A. Point A:
B. Direct quotation to support point A:

C. Point B:
D. Direct quotation to support point B:


*Repeat the point/support pattern as many times as necessary to effectively develop your point. **You may have multiple paragraphs to support your claim. Follow the same pattern for each new paragraph.
IV. Conclusion
A. State the claim in a new way:
B. Remind the audience why this issue matters:

This is my argument topic, Should there be real-world consequences for what someone posts on social media?

the main character of "the secret life of walter mitty" retreats into a false pretense as a means escape from his mundane reality -- this is a flagrant issue seen in societies abroad, typically found in young adults and it is robbing our youths of their childhood.

explanation:

a thesis -- a well developed, formal thesis is required to be one sentence long. there are many themes in "the secret life of walter mitty" and i had resolved to give you one of the simpler ones while still honing it with class.

d bc i just guessed

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.