ENG 215 Week 3 Prewriting, Outline, and Thesis Statement Worksheet

All effective essays are organized around a central claim or thesis statement that must be supported by reasoning, factual evidence, examples, testimony, and related research. Your “working” thesis is a draft that will need to be refined and tweaked as you revise the paper. As you conduct more research and formulate ideas, keep an open mind; do not hesitate to revise your argument, or thesis, as you deem necessary. Remember that a thesis statement is typically a single, complex sentence that captures your claim and essential qualifiers or reasons. It essentially answers your research question.

Review your Week 3 Learning Activities.

Complete the Prewriting Worksheet as a way to help you organize your thoughts about your argument as your prepare for your Week 4 draft and Week 5 final paper.

Use complete sentences and source information within the outline using in-text citations.

Submit your worksheet to the Assignment Files tab.