Psychology Question
- Now that you have chosen your issue/topic, you will develop your 5-paragraph essay outline this week which you will use as you continue to develop your research paper. Again, this outline will support you with completing your final research analysis paper where you are investigating an issue in the field of Lifespan Development. This is a research analysis paper, so your outline must be supported by research, so include the appropriate citations as supporting evidence.
- This outline should follow the five-paragraph essay format, and you should use a complete sentence or brief statement per point. Please do not submit one-word bullet points. Also, be sure to include a thesis statement, and a concluding statement. This is NOT an entire essay you are submitting this week, just the outline using the Roman numerals, and letters for each paragraph and subpoints as listed below. Please use the template below as a guide for how this should be completed.
- Keep in mind when you do compose this outline you are investigating an issue or problem in subfield of Lifespan Development related to your topic, so your outline should clearly reflect that. You are not making an argument, you are analyzing a topic related to a current issue in the field of Lifespan Development.
Outline for a Five-Paragraph Essay Template
Title: ____________________
- Introduction
- Introductory statement
- Thesis statement: ____________________
- Body
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- First Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________
- Second Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- Third Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- ____________________ supporting evidence.
- Conclusion
- Closing statement
- Restate thesis: ____________________