The following is my essay #4 outline:
A Road Map for Constructing an Essay
A-It all starts with a subject.
1-write down everything you know about the subject
2-expand and extract information
B-summarize the important ideas of your essay
1-reinforce key points or ideas
C-refine and develop the thesis statement
D-you need to have it peer reviewed
1-They need to be able to tell you what works and what does not work
Organization Styles
A-Narrative
1-Narratives tell a story
B-Visual Rhetoric and Gazes
1-Gazes frame the narrative in the way the author wants us to perceive the story
C-Definitions classification and division
1-. Definitions allow the author to give the reader necessary information so that the audience can understand the essay.
2-Classification can be thought of as the main ideas
3-divisions support the main ideas
Compare and Contrast
A-Side by Side comparison format allows the author to explain and illustrate the entire subject
B-Point by Point comparison or subject by subject is a format that is especially beneficial to illustrate differences or similarities in debate or refute type comparisons
Process Explanation
A-This type of essay structure is especially useful to political and social scientists. This process involves testing and proving theories by way of showing how or why events happen
Conclusion
A-summary and reinforce ideas
Thesis
A-What are you trying to say?
