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Essay 4: Research Paper Outline
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Start by discussing the topic (crime/juveniles committing crimes/troubled youth) in a general way ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
Start narrowing down what you are going to talk about—more specifically about juvenile offenders being tried as adults ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
State your thesis statement. This should clearly state whether you feel juveniles should betried and sentenced as adults or whether juveniles should not be tried and sentencedas adults ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
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Paragraph 2: Body Paragraph
Start with a topic sentence that clearly states one reason why you feel juveniles offenders should oshould not be tried as adults
o One reason why juveniles should/should not be tried as adults is because… ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Give plenty of details to EXPLAIN this reason:
o Information from the sources you found through your researcho Examples that you have observed
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Paragraph 3: Body Paragraph
Start with a topic sentence that clearly states a second reason why you feel juveniles should/shoulnot be tried as adults
o Another reason why juveniles should/should not be tried as adults is because… ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________ Give plenty of details to EXPLAIN this reason:
o Information from the sources you found through your researcho Examples that you have observed
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Paragraph 4: Body Paragraph: Addressing the Opposite Viewpoint
Start with a topic sentence that lets the reader know you are going to address the opposite viewpoand show why it is flawed
o Many people argue that…but this is a flawed argument because… ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
Give plenty of details to EXPLAIN this reason:o Information from the sources you found through your researcho Examples that you have observed
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Paragraph 5: Conclusion
Remind the reader that the topic is juvenile offenders being tried as adults (restate the topic)
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Remind the reader what your position is (whether you feel juveniles should or should not be triedadults)
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Conclude with some new insight about young people who commit crimes/juveniles being tried asadults ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
*KEEP IN MIND*
You may have more than three body paragraphs Your essay should end with a Works Cited page You should cite your source EVERY TIME you use someone else’s words or ideas Every source cited in your essay must be included in the Works Cited page; every work in the Wor
Cited page must actually be used (cited) in your essay You want to incorporate information from your sources (direct quotes and paraphrasing) into you
own ideas about juveniles being tried as adults It’s a very good idea to address the opposing viewpoint in one of your body paragraphs
