A Three-Level Outline

Topic/Thesis Statement: _____________________________________________

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I. Introduction
A. Thesis statement_______________________________________________
1. 1st major point_______________________________________________
2. 2nd major point_______________________________________________
3. 3rd major point________________________________________________
II. 1st major point___________________________________________________
A. Supporting detail______________________________________________
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2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
B. Supporting detail_______________________________________________
1.____________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
C. Supporting detail_______________________________________________
1.____________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
III. 2nd major point__________________________________________________
A. Supporting detail_______________________________________________
1.____________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
B. Supporting detail_______________________________________________
1.____________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
C. Supporting detail_______________________________________________
1.____________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________

IV. 3rd major point_________________________________________________

A. Supporting detail_______________________________________________
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2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
B. Supporting detail_______________________________________________
1.____________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
C. Supporting detail_______________________________________________
1.____________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________
V. Conclusion
A. Summary statement____________________________________________
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2.____________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________

Outline tips:

Roman numerals should be arranged so that the periods align.

Each letter in the second-level divisions is capitalized and followed by a period
Arabic numbers in third-level divisions are followed by periods.
The first word in headings and subheadings begins with an uppercase letter, and the
other words (except proper nouns and adjectives) begin with lowercase letters.

Omit periods after headings and subheadings