This is my second installment of how-to outline an informational essay. Mind-blowingly easy and oh-so-independence-producing for our kids. If you didn’t read the post on how to outline a Compare and Contrast piece, then click here to get caught up!
Description Outline
Description provides a detailed description of something to give the reader a mental picture
Introduction
- Attention grabbing opener (question, quote, exclamation, flashback, emotional memory)
- Thesis statement
- Brief detail of physical attribute/appearance 1
- Detail/simile explaining 1
- Brief detail of another physical attribute/appearance 2
- Detail/simile explaining 1
Characteristic or Sense 1 (smell, hear, taste, touch, feel)
- Topic sentence
- Characteristic 1
- Examples and details explaining 1
Characteristic or Sense 2 (smell, hear, taste, touch, feel)
- Topic sentence
- Characteristic 2
- Examples and details explaining 2
Characteristic or Sense 3 (smell, hear, taste, touch, feel)
- Topic sentence
- Characteristic 3
- Examples and details explaining 3
Conclusion (choose one below)
- Choose one: circle back to the attention grabber, provide universal meaning (explain why the reader should care about the topic, explain personal meaning (explain how the topic is important to you as the writer)
- Restate thesis statement