Chief Topic

Sub Topic 1

Sub Topic 2

Sub Topic 3

a claim that states your opinion

evidence that supports the claim

elaboration, in your own words

The main topic of the essay, directly pulled from the prompt

News Headlines (Large details)

The topics that relate to the Chief Topic (such as reasons)

Events in the text ( small details)

Evidence to support the Chief Topic

detailed piece of evidence

MLA Citation

CSET

Topic

Claim (or subtopic) set it up, a piece of text evidence and a tie-in/elaboration

little to no evidence

the author's opinion by stating I believe...

thesis statement

paraphrase

direct quote

your opinion

quotation " "

citation ( )

broad statements

little to no evidence

you provide a citation

you provide details from the text

you restate your thesis statement

you restate your subtopic, and explain how the evidence supports both your subtopic and the main topic.

The author states

it says

she says

he says

my opinion is

This proves

I believe

ok, so

1

2

3

Introduction

Body 1 and 2

Body 3

Conclusion

evidence

citations

thesis statement

evidence

citation

thesis

bold statement (like a hook)

(Author's Last Name, page number).

(Author's First Name, page number).

(Author's Last Name, paragraph number).

(Author's Last Name, line number).