The Value of Prewriting and Organization

Understanding how to outline effectively can make the difference in your writing. In this assignment, you will create an outline based on your brainstorming content from this topic's Warm-Up assignment. Review your brainstorming notes (no matter the format you used) about a famous person. Critique the ideas you came up with, form a position, and organize your thoughts into an outline format. This may require additional brainstorming. Your completed product should be one that will lead directly into a strong essay filled with specific evidence and clear topic sentences.

Your outline should do the following:

• Clearly indicate each paragraph, including the introduction and conclusion
  
• Draft a clear thesis in the introduction section
  
• Provide topic sentences for each of the body paragraphs
  
• Include at least three pieces of evidence for each body paragraph
  

When completing your outline, include interesting and specific pieces of evidence as support in the body paragraphs. Before you begin, review the Outline Checklist to make sure that you include all of the items required for full credit.

Once you have completed your outline, please submit your work to the dropbox.