Outline Once you have drafted your introduction paragraph, below it, in the same document you will compose an outline of the body paragraphs and conclusion of your paper.

First, review the following resources on creating an effective introduction: Excelsior OWL – Introduction paragraphs and UNC Chapel Hill – Your introduction paragraph should be approximately 150-200 words. It should: Grab the reader’s attention with an opening “hook” – this may be an interesting example, a quotation, an anecdote, or a question related to your topic Include your thesis statement as the last sentence of the introduction and underline it to make it clear to your reader.

It’s expected that your thesis statement has changed and improved since you last submitted it in Milestone 3 based on your instructor’s feedback. Since you are drafting content that will become part of your final project, which is a formal academic writing assignment, you should avoid informal language and first-person pronouns Step 2:

Outline Once you have drafted your introduction paragraph, below it, in the same document you will compose an outline of the body paragraphs and conclusion of your paper. First, review the following resource on outlines: Excelsior OWL–Traditional Outlining.