Transform the Outline into the Essay

1. Transform the Outline into the Essay Mr. Harris-English III I-Search Project

2. Review of the SIX Parts of the I-Search Essay • Search question—the introduction (Part I) • Search process-the description of how you found your sources (Part II) • What I Learned—the presentation of your sources (Part III-The Story of My Search) • What I Discovered (What this means to me)—the conclusion (Part IV) • Works Cited (Part V) • Appendix (Part VI)

3. Remember the descriptive outline?

5. Let’s follow that outline through the development of that section of the essay: • First, you need to label the section; • Then, write a brief introduction; • Finally, end the introduction with the thesis/preview from your outline.

6. Label the section End with the previewing thesis The intro doesn’t have to be long

7. Remember that each A, B, and C in your outline is a separate paragraph in your essay

8. Writing the paragraph from the outline: • Start with your topic sentence; • Then add your first generalization; • Use more than one sentence to talk about your generalization before you present your first secondary source.

10. Presenting the Source • In a research paper, your purpose is to present a variety of sources in support of your own ideas or organization; • Thus, you want to avoid just cutting and pasting from your secondary sources;

11. You do, however, have to make sure that the reader can tell • What source you’re using; • When your source begins and ends; and • The difference between the voice of the source and your own voice

12. Citing Your Source:There are Three Steps • Introduce your source by • Mentioning the author’s name or the article’s title; • Making clear why you’re citing this source; • Quote or paraphrase from the source; • Conclude the source citation by • Including a parenthetical end citation; and • Warranting the source.

13. It’s like a sandwich. . . Introduce the source and set it up Paraphrase or quote from the source Parenthetically cite and warrant the source

14. Look back at the outline for point A

16. Introduce the source

17. Mention source Make clear why you’re using this source

18. Present the Source • Paraphrase the relevant information or • Quote briefly

19. How to Paraphrase • Just pick out the relevant information from your source; • Put it in your own words; • Begin the citation by mentioning the source; • End it with a parenthetical citation and a warrant.

21. Make clear why you’re citing the source Identify the source Paraphrase the information Parenthetical citation and warrant

22. How to Quote • Quote sparingly • Usually it’s best to just paraphrase • Quote briefly • Take just a sentence or phrase from the source • Quote in context of your own writing • Build the quotation into the grammar of your own sentence

23. Using Quotation Marks • Open with quotation marks; • Reproduce the exact wording of the source within the quotation marks; • Close the quotation marks; • Insert the parenthetical end citation; • Insert the appropriate punctuation mark for the sentence after the parenthetical citation.

24. The second source, the one that I want to quote from

25. I’m quoting from this page as well

26. Here’s the second source under the first generalization

27. To finish out the paragraph. . . • Work through the remaining generalizations and secondary sources; • Conclude the paragraph with an overall summing up sentence; • Then repeat the process for points B and C

28. Caution: you must cite your sources as directed---using the APA style guide. Failure to do so will automatically fail this essay.