Lesson 5: Create an Outline for Your Essay
Completion requirements
- Objective: Plan the structure of your comparative essay.
- Instructions:
- Create an outline for your essay. Use the following structure:
- Introduction: Introduce the theme and both works. Provide a thesis statement that outlines how the theme is treated in both texts.
- Body Paragraph 1: Discuss how the theme is developed in the first work, providing specific examples.
- Body Paragraph 2: Discuss how the theme is developed in the second work, providing specific examples.
- Body Paragraph 3: Compare and contrast how the theme is presented in both works. Highlight similarities and differences.
- Conclusion: Summarize your findings and restate your thesis in a new way, reflecting on the significance of the theme in both works.
- Begin drafting the introduction and body paragraphs 1 and 2.