OUTLINE EXAMPLE
Thesis statement: <What your paper is going to be about.>
(Example:
The cost of medical care in the
United States is causing the poor to receive substandard care.)
Key points: <What ideas you will actually be writing about.>
Examples of possible key points for the above thesis statement:
1. Paying for medical care is beyond the reach of the
poor.
2. Paying for medical insurance is beyond the reach of
the poor if not offered by their employers.
3. The poor are forced to use over-extended and
under-staffed medical facilities if they cannot afford care.
4. Are we ethically responsible for caring for the poor?
5. What would possible alternatives be to supplying
medical care for the poor?
You can use the thesis
statement and key points to create an introductory paragraph; then you will
expand in the rest of the paper on the thesis and key points. Examples of
expanding on key points:
Key point 1. Paying for medical
care is beyond the reach of the poor. < Expand your ideas for this
topic.>
Demonstrate why and how medical
care is beyond the poor.
Average cost of medical care as
opposed to average salaries.
The poor have to use clinics
and other free care.
Key point 2. Paying for medical
insurance is beyond the reach of the poor if not offered by their employers.
<Expand your ideas for this topic.>
Can the average worker afford
health care costs even if they have them.
Average costs of health care
plans.
If an employer does not supply
health care benefits how can employees get it.
Key point 3. <Expand your
ideas for this topic>
Key point 4. <Expand your
ideas for this topic >
Key point 5. <Expand your
ideas for this topic >
Summary / Conclusion:
Create a key summary
sentence/paragraph that declares a wrap-up of concepts you have covered in the
paper. You may want to quickly summarize your main ideas. This should
transition into a Conclusion of your ideas on the topic. The conclusion
could be a separate paragraph or this section could be more than one paragraph.
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