• You are required to submit an outline of the introduction of your paper. Do no

• You are required to submit an outline of the introduction of your paper. Do not include any other sections.
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• An outline provides you with a general structure for how you will write your paper.
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• Your outline should clearly show the order in which you will present your introduction, and what you will present in each section/paragraph of the introduction.
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• The outline should present a clear and logical argument, or series of arguments, for your hypotheses.
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Below is an example of how you might structure your outline. This is very general—your outline will be specific to your articles. Here are some pointers:
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• Each paragraph must have a purpose.
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• Each paragraph should have its own “level”, for instance in the example below, each paragraph is marked with a Roman Numeral.
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• Body paragraphs (not the first or last paragraph) should have “main points” which are supported by one or two of your studies.
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• Keep in mind that the order of the paragraphs and studies you are citing is logical and leads the reader to our hypotheses.
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• Each point (a., b., c., etc.) should have a sentence that explains what will go in that part of the paragraph.
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I. Introduce the topic and describe its importance
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A. Preview argument: main points to be talked about below
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B. End with thesis: Your general prediction or topic
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II. Main point of this paragraph (a necessary claim to support your thesis)
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A. Study supporting main point of this paragraph
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a. In one complete or incomplete sentence, describe the KEY variables looked at
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b. Summarize KEY findings in one or two complete or incomplete sentences
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c. Describe implications of study for our hypotheses (i.e., These findings suggest that…)
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B. Study supporting main point of this paragraph
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a. In one complete or incomplete sentence, describe the KEY variables looked at
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b. Summarize KEY findings in one or two complete or incomplete sentences
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c. Describe implications of study for our hypotheses (i.e., These findings suggest that…)
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III. Main point of this paragraph (make sure to transition between paragraphs in actual paper)
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***Repeat study descriptions, use studies to support main point
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IV. Main point of this paragraph (make sure to transition between paragraphs in actual paper)
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*** Repeat study descriptions, use studies to support main point
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V. The current study…
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A. Bring argument together: Based on “main points II-IV” … we investigated whether… we predict that…
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B. Say what you did in this study: We measured x, y, and z with a survey…
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C. State specific hypothesis: Our hypothesis is that…Based on these variables, we predict
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