Persuasive Essay Outline Organizer

(Outline, Step 4 of 10, 20 pts)

Name: Yenick Ounigian Date: 1-11-17 Mod: 1

Use the following organizer to write the outline for your persuasive research paper. This is the initial draft of
your outline and is the only phase of the paper where complete sentences are not required and bullet points are
acceptable. The outline is the roadmap of your paper and is a vital part of the writing process. You will not be
allowed to move on to the rough draft portion of your paper until this step is completed. You may modify this
document as needed to fit your topic/style of writing, as long as you have all of the basic elements below. If you
have any questions, please ask!

INTRODUCTION
Main Idea Topic/Hook: The exploitation and forced prostitution of people is the most shameful crime that exists and
the cruelest way to use a person._
Supporting Reasons: Body #1 . You steal the dignity of a human being.
Body #2 Being used as a sexual object for any person you are subjected to live in a humiliated,
depressed, and devalued state.
Body #3 It is a crime that robs you of all your human rights.

Thesis: Sex Trafficking and Intergenerational Prostitution is devastating the safety for men and women as happening
in all parts of the world.

BODY #1
Supporting Reason #1: You steal the dignity of a human being.
___________________________________________________________________________
Concrete Detail 1:
Example/Quotation 1
Explanation/commentary ____________________________________________________________
(What does it mean? Why is it significant? How does it support your thesis?)
Concrete Detail 2:
Example/Quotation 1 _______________________________________________________________
Explanation/commentary ____________________________________________________________
Concrete Detail 3:
Example/Quotation 1 _______________________________________________________________
Explanation/commentary ____________________________________________________________
Conclusion Sentence/Transition: ___________________________________________________________________

BODY #2
Supporting Reason #2: ___________________________________________________________________________
Concrete Detail 1:
Example/Quotation 1 _______________________________________________________________
(Fact statement that supports your Reason #1; a quote, statistic, etc)
Explanation/commentary ____________________________________________________________
(What does it mean? Why is it significant? How does it support your thesis?)

Ms. Grice 10th Grade Humanities-Persuasive Research Paper

Spring 2017
 Persuasive Essay Outline Organizer
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Concrete Detail 2:
Example/Quotation 1 _______________________________________________________________
Explanation/commentary ____________________________________________________________
Concrete Detail 3:
Example/Quotation 1 _______________________________________________________________
Explanation/commentary ____________________________________________________________
Conclusion Sentence/Transition: ___________________________________________________________________

BODY #3
Supporting Reason #3: It is a crime that robs you of all you human rights.
___________________________________________________________________________
Concrete Detail 1:
Example/Quotation 1 I had no rights whatsoever. I was held captive, in fear for my life
and I wanted the nightmare to end. states Melissa Woodward as she tells her story of when she
was forced into sex trafficking _http://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_a541afa1-bf50-5f6e-8115-
744a94cbee36.html
Explanation/commentary _She had no voice in anything and whatever she did to fight it didnt matter.
(What does it mean? Why is it significant? How does it support your thesis?)
Concrete Detail 2:
Example/Quotation 1 _______________________________________________________________
Explanation/commentary ____________________________________________________________
Concrete Detail 3:
Example/Quotation 1 _______________________________________________________________
Explanation/commentary ____________________________________________________________
Conclusion Sentence/Transition: ___________________________________________________________________

COUNTER ARGUMENTS
Introduction to Counter Arguments: __________________________________________________________
(Address the haters. What would some one who did not agree with your thesis statement say?)
Refute the naysayers of Reason #1 ______________________________________________________
(Prove the counter argument wrong and defend your stance in Body Paragraph #1)
Refute the naysayers of Reason #2 ______________________________________________________
(Prove the counter argument wrong and defend your stance in Body Paragraph #2)
Refute the naysayers of Reason #3 ______________________________________________________
(Prove the counter argument wrong and defend your stance in Body Paragraph #3)
Conclusion Sentence: ______________________________________________________________________

CONCLUSION
Restate Main Idea/Thesis: ________________________________________________________________________
Restate Supporting Reasons: 1 _____________________________________________________________
2 _____________________________________________________________
3 _____________________________________________________________
Recommendations and / or Predictions: ________________________________________________________
(How can we move forward? What should we do? What do you think will happen?)

Ms. Grice 10th Grade Humanities-Persuasive Research Paper

Spring 2017
 Persuasive Essay Outline Organizer
(Outline, Step 4 of 10, 20 pts)

KEY
Intro/Concluding Sentences
Concrete Details
Commentary (optional for first draft)
Body #1
Body #2
Body #3

Ms. Grice 10th Grade Humanities-Persuasive Research Paper

Spring 2017