Junior Research Paper Outline - Kenwood Academy



1984 Essay Outline

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This outline is taking you through all the steps of writing your paper. Once this is completed, you have it all pretty much written, and just need to transfer it to paper.

| |A. Hook Sentence: A general statement related to the topic to start the paper off. (A question is not a good way to do this.) |

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| |Example: Oppression and tyranny at the hands of government is a part of many countries’ history.|

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| |B. Tie to Text: Tie your general topic to the primary text. Use the phrase “in George Orwell’s novel, 1984” somewhere in the |

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| |Example: Some governments of the past are guilty of being tyrannical, one being the Nazi regime in |

| |Germany during World War II. In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, the government of the Party uses similar tactics. |

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| |C. Three Reasons/Examples: Each reason/claim you have gets its own sentence. |

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| |Example (of ONE reason sentence): Both the Nazis and the Party had a similar goal of building and promoting a military force. |

| |***Remember, you will have at least THREE reason sentences. |

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| |D.Thesis Statement: Must include both your topic choice and some form of the phrase “in George Orwell’s novel, 1984,” |

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| |Example: The government of the Party in George Orwell’s novel, 1984, is very similar to the totalitarian leadership of Adolf |

| |Hitler and his Nazis in terms of their use of ______________, _________ |

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| |Paragraph #1: Follow the same format of a typical paragraph (at least 6-8 sentences, opening/closing sentences, quotes from your |

|II. Body Paragraph |research and 1984, explanation of those quotes and how they prove your thesis, etc.) |

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| |***EACH body paragraph should have a quote from 1984 AND from a secondary source. |

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| |1. Topic Sentence: The topic of the paragraph. |

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| |2. Explanation of Topic Sentence |

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| |3. Research Quotes/Paraphrases & Explanation Sentences: This is the bulk of your paragraph (4+ sentences). This is where you work |

| |in a quote from the book and a quote from a secondary source you found about this reason, and then explain how it proves your |

| |thesis. ***These are also the sentences that will contain your citations. |

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| |4. Closing Sentence: Wrap up this first paragraph/reason, and tie it back to the general essay topic.. |

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| |Paragraph #2: Follow the same format of a typical paragraph (at least 6-8 sentences, opening/closing sentences, quotes from your |

| |research and 1984, explanation of those quotes and how they prove your thesis, etc.) |

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| |***EACH body paragraph should have a quote from 1984 AND from a secondary source. |

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| |1. Topic Sentence: The topic of the paragraph. |

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|III. Body Paragraph #2 |2. Explanation of Topic Sentence |

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| |3. Research Quotes/Paraphrases & Explanation Sentences: This is the bulk of your paragraph (4+ sentences). This is where you work |

| |in a quote from the book and a quote from a secondary source you found about this reason, and then explain how it proves your |

| |thesis. ***These are also the sentences that will contain your citations. |

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| |4. Closing Sentence: Wrap up this first paragraph/reason, and tie it back to the general essay topic.. |

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| |Paragraph #3: Follow the same format of a typical paragraph (at least 6-8 sentences, opening/closing sentences, quotes from your |

| |research and 1984, explanation of those quotes and how they prove your thesis, etc.) |

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| |***EACH body paragraph should have a quote from 1984 AND from a secondary source. |

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| |1. Topic Sentence: The topic of the paragraph. |

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| |2. Explanation of Topic Sentence |

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|IV. Body Paragraph #3 | |

| |3. Research Quotes/Paraphrases & Explanation Sentences: This is the bulk of your paragraph (4+ sentences). This is where you work |

| |in a quote from the book and a quote from a secondary source you found about this reason, and then explain how it proves your |

| |thesis. ***These are also the sentences that will contain your citations. |

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| |4. Closing Sentence: Wrap up this first paragraph/reason, and tie it back to the general essay topic.. |

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| |A. Reword your Thesis: Do not be boring and just recopy it. |

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| |B. Summarize First Reason: |

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| |C. Summarize Second Reason: |

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| |D. Summarize Third Reason: |

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| |F. Final Statement: General statement to wrap up the entire paper topic and send your reader off. |

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