MDC iving in a City Living in the Country Question

Topic: Living in a City/Living in the Country

Thesis statement: While city living and rural living have some similarities in cost of housing and access to amenities, they differ substantially in pace of life, recreation options, and community engagement.

– Create an outline

Now that you’ve selected two topics to explore for your compare and contrast essay and written a thesis statement, it’s time to make a plan. An outline is like a roadmap for your essay. Just like you wouldn’t get in the car to drive across the country without a good map telling you how to get from Point A to Point B, you don’t want to start an essay without planning exactly what you’re going to include and how those details will be arranged.

Download this outline template, save it using your name in the file name, and edit it to fit your essay. This includes the title page!

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Must use this point -by -point template for outline^

The topic sentences for each of your body paragraphs should do two things: (a) remind the reader of the thesis and (b) tell the reader what point that specific paragraph will make. These should be complete sentences, even in your outline.

Something to consider: The outline provided for this assignment allows for four body paragraphs, with five details per paragraph. You may need more or less, depending on where you plan on taking your writing. A video showing you how to add sections is included in the lecture material in this unit.