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Introduction and Outline

In the last four modules, you have completed important steps toward building your final research paper and received feedback from your

instructor to help you make changes and improve. Feedback is essential to the writing process; the more eyes on your work, the better it can

become.

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This week, you will submit your Milestone 5 assignment to this page and then early next week to the M6.3 Course Project - Milestone 6 Peer

Review discussion board so that both your instructor and a peer reviewer can give you their feedback. In turn, next week you will also review

another student's Introduction and Outline.

Begin by reading pages 5.8 through 5.11 in the webtext and then compile the submission components below in the Milestone 5 Template ↓.

Step 1: Introduction Paragraph

For this assignment, you will draft the introduction for your final paper. First, review the following resources on creating an effective introduction:

Excelsior OWL - Introduction paragraphs and UNC Chapel Hill - Introductions .

Your introduction paragraph should be approximately 150-200 words. It should:

1. Grab the reader's attention with an opening "hook" - this may be an interesting example, a quotation, an anecdote, or a question related to your

topic.

2. Include your thesis statement as the last sentence of the introduction and underline it to make it clear to your reader. It's expected that your

thesis statement has changed and improved since you last submitted it in Milestone 3 based on your instructor's feedback.

3. Since you are drafting content that will become part of your final project, which is a formal academic writing assignment, you should avoid

informal language or tone (i.e., slang) and first-person pronouns (i.e., “I”, “me”, “my”).

▾ Step 2: Outline

Once you have drafted your introduction paragraph, then compose an outline of the body paragraphs and conclusion of your paper (in the same

document but below the introduction). First, review the following resource on outlines: Excelsior OWL-Traditional Outlining B.

Your outline should include at least three body paragraphs supporting your thesis statement and one body paragraph to refute opposing perspectives.

Finally, it should also include a conclusion that reiterates your thesis statement. Each body paragraph should include one to two supporting details

with the source or sources you plan to use as evidence for that detail. This way you will determine if you have enough evidence for your points, which

will make it much easier to draft your full paper in the coming weeks or find additional sources if necessary.

Follow the format in the Milestone 5 Template to make sure your outline includes the necessary components.

✓ Step 3: Reference List

Since you are including source information in your outline, you need to include a list of all of your references at the end for all of your sources. This

should be formatted in APA style, just as you did last week for Milestone 4. If your instructor offered corrections and feedback on your Milestone 4

references, make sure to make those changes before submitting Milestone 5.