ENC 2135 Instructor: Laura Biagi
Name: ____________________________
First Draft, aka the Brainstorm/Outline for Project 1
Instructions: To complete the first draft, please fill out the below Brainstorm/Outline document.
1. Research Question
Write down your research question here. Then describe how you are preliminarily planning to
focus your essay around it.
2. Main Idea Organizing
Looking back at the sources in your Annotated Bibliography, what are the main ideas you could
group them into for your essay? Keep in mind that each source is not necessarily a main idea.
Often youll have several sources that contribute to one main idea, those same sources plus a
new one that contribute to a second main idea, others that contribute to a third main idea, etc. Or
some variation of this.
Write down the overarching main ideas from your sources below:
Now order these in a way that seems like it would make most sense for ordering them in your
essay. Which main ideas build upon others and so should go later in the essay? Which should
your reader know about first versus last?
3. Introduction Planning
An introduction should be specific and something no one else but you with your topic and your
insights could have written. Overall, an intro should also provide a sense of a road map for the
rest of your paper. Please fill out ideas for at least one of the below plus the thesis statement.
Hook: How will you present the focus of your essay in an interesting way? Remember that
your audience is meant to be readers of a general interest article about your chosen field. You
might give a specific example coming from your major/field, introduce a
question/problem/issue, present a quote or statistic, or explain a relevant personal experience.
Context: How will you give a sense of the background and context of your major/field?
Name: ____________________________
First Draft, aka the Brainstorm/Outline for Project 1
Instructions: To complete the first draft, please fill out the below Brainstorm/Outline document.
1. Research Question
Write down your research question here. Then describe how you are preliminarily planning to
focus your essay around it.
2. Main Idea Organizing
Looking back at the sources in your Annotated Bibliography, what are the main ideas you could
group them into for your essay? Keep in mind that each source is not necessarily a main idea.
Often youll have several sources that contribute to one main idea, those same sources plus a
new one that contribute to a second main idea, others that contribute to a third main idea, etc. Or
some variation of this.
Write down the overarching main ideas from your sources below:
Now order these in a way that seems like it would make most sense for ordering them in your
essay. Which main ideas build upon others and so should go later in the essay? Which should
your reader know about first versus last?
3. Introduction Planning
An introduction should be specific and something no one else but you with your topic and your
insights could have written. Overall, an intro should also provide a sense of a road map for the
rest of your paper. Please fill out ideas for at least one of the below plus the thesis statement.
Hook: How will you present the focus of your essay in an interesting way? Remember that
your audience is meant to be readers of a general interest article about your chosen field. You
might give a specific example coming from your major/field, introduce a
question/problem/issue, present a quote or statistic, or explain a relevant personal experience.
Context: How will you give a sense of the background and context of your major/field?
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So What?: Explain why your research question/topic is something worth exploring and writing
about. What does it reveal about your major/field? How does your topic connect to important
aspects of our world outside your major/field? Or how does your major/field do this?
Thesis Statement (**must include this one): Somewhere within your introductory paragraph,
encapsulate in 1-2 sentences what your essay explores and what you have found based on your
research. Consider how to summarize your main takeaways in these 1-2 sentences. Write your
draft of this thesis statement here.
4. Body Paragraphs Planning
Use the space below to plan out your body paragraphsand feel free to add or remove these
body paragraph sections as necessary. Keep in mind that you should organize these by main
ideanot by source. Dont just have one body paragraph per source unless that is absolutely the
best way to organize your paper. Likely it will be better to group sources together in sections
and/or paragraphs. And/or it might make sense to tease out some of the complexities of one
source over the course of two paragraphs. Look back at #2 for more details.
Body Paragraph #1
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them:
Body Paragraph #2
Transition/link from previous paragraph:
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them.
So What?: Explain why your research question/topic is something worth exploring and writing
about. What does it reveal about your major/field? How does your topic connect to important
aspects of our world outside your major/field? Or how does your major/field do this?
Thesis Statement (**must include this one): Somewhere within your introductory paragraph,
encapsulate in 1-2 sentences what your essay explores and what you have found based on your
research. Consider how to summarize your main takeaways in these 1-2 sentences. Write your
draft of this thesis statement here.
4. Body Paragraphs Planning
Use the space below to plan out your body paragraphsand feel free to add or remove these
body paragraph sections as necessary. Keep in mind that you should organize these by main
ideanot by source. Dont just have one body paragraph per source unless that is absolutely the
best way to organize your paper. Likely it will be better to group sources together in sections
and/or paragraphs. And/or it might make sense to tease out some of the complexities of one
source over the course of two paragraphs. Look back at #2 for more details.
Body Paragraph #1
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them:
Body Paragraph #2
Transition/link from previous paragraph:
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them.
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Body Paragraph #3
Transition/link from previous paragraph:
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them.
Body Paragraph #4
Transition/link from previous paragraph:
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them.
Body Paragraph #5
Transition/link from previous paragraph:
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them.
Body Paragraph #3
Transition/link from previous paragraph:
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them.
Body Paragraph #4
Transition/link from previous paragraph:
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them.
Body Paragraph #5
Transition/link from previous paragraph:
Main idea:
Sources you are going to pull from to talk about main idea:
Subpoints you plan to make, roughly organized in the order you plan to make them.
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5. Conclusion Planning
The conclusion, like the thesis statement in the intro, should give a sense of the main takeaways
of your essay, but also go beyond them. Like the intro, it should be specific and someone no else
but you with your topic could have written. Please fill out some ideas for both of the items
below, as your conclusion should incorporate both.
Restate the Main Ideas/Larger Points: What you will focus on when you do this? Be sure to
connect this specifically to your thesis statement, but to phrase it in a new way.
Go Beyond: Pick one or several of the below options (or come up with others) for how to go
beyond the summary in your conclusion. Fill out the below space with what you might include
for at least one of them.
So what?expanding beyond/connecting to the intros so what? question. How might
your essay connect to an even wider context regarding your major/field, or even society
and culture at large?
A new choice you will make as a result of your researchhas your research led you to
choose to pursue or not to pursue a certain path within your major or field? Explain what
choice(s) it has led to and why.
Future explorationbased on your research, what might you want to explore next about
this topic or your major/field?
Ending illustrative story/example/new fact/new question/personal experience
5. Conclusion Planning
The conclusion, like the thesis statement in the intro, should give a sense of the main takeaways
of your essay, but also go beyond them. Like the intro, it should be specific and someone no else
but you with your topic could have written. Please fill out some ideas for both of the items
below, as your conclusion should incorporate both.
Restate the Main Ideas/Larger Points: What you will focus on when you do this? Be sure to
connect this specifically to your thesis statement, but to phrase it in a new way.
Go Beyond: Pick one or several of the below options (or come up with others) for how to go
beyond the summary in your conclusion. Fill out the below space with what you might include
for at least one of them.
So what?expanding beyond/connecting to the intros so what? question. How might
your essay connect to an even wider context regarding your major/field, or even society
and culture at large?
A new choice you will make as a result of your researchhas your research led you to
choose to pursue or not to pursue a certain path within your major or field? Explain what
choice(s) it has led to and why.
Future explorationbased on your research, what might you want to explore next about
this topic or your major/field?
Ending illustrative story/example/new fact/new question/personal experience
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