Senior Paper Skeleton and Outline

Seniors- Copy and Paste the Template Below into your Google Doc Essay. Use this template to help organize and arrange your points or, knock out each line one by one if it helps! Remember when selecting which evidence to use, pick the most effective pieces of evidence for each rhetorical style. There will be notecards you do not use! Prioritize the good ones!

Introduction

                Hook

                Topic

                Significance

                Problem or conflict

                Thesis

Body 1 – History of Topic / Background (Inform the Reader all Context Needed to Understand your Topic)

Topic Sentence

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Transition

Body 2 – Conflict or Problem of Topic (Frame the sides or significance to the reader)

Topic Sentence

Evidence Introduction

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Analysis

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

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Transition

Body 3 – Point 1 (Ethos) – What is a point you can make using evidence around credibility, authority or reliability?

Topic Sentence

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Transition

Body 4 – Point 2 (Ethos)- What is a point you can make using evidence around credibility, authority or reliability?

Topic Sentence

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

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Evidence

Analysis

Transition

Body 5 – Point 3 (Pathos) – What is a point you can make using evidence that relies on emotion, values or needs?

Topic Sentence

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

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Analysis

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Body 6 – Point 4 (Pathos) – What is a point you can make using evidence that relies on emotion, values or needs?

Topic Sentence

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Transition

Body 7 – Point 5 (Logic) – What is a point you can make using evidence that uses reason or logic?

Topic Sentence

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

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Body 8 – Point 6 (Logic) – What is a point you can make using evidence that uses reason or logic?

Topic Sentence

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Evidence Introduction

Evidence

Analysis

Transition

Conclusion

                Restate Thesis

                Touch on Significance (Why its important)

                Restate Ethos Points

                Restate Pathos Points

                Restate Logos Points

                World Connection