Note Cards on Noodle ToolsHow should your notecards be organized?How will your break down your main

points?Do you have enough information to prove

your thesis statement?

How should your notecards be organized?

Your notecards should each have a specific TITLE. That TITLE should match the information in the box.

The information on each notecard must be paraphrased using the box to the right.

How will your break down you the paper?

After gathering all your research and creating notecards, now it is time to organize.

Background: Background information on the topic:

Main Points:Specific and concrete details from the articles****There may be more than 3 main point

paragraphs:

Counterargument: Opposing views (address the counterargument and

explain why it is invalid.)

Main Points

You need a few strong main points to support your thesis.

First, look at the TITLES of your notecards. Can you group any of them together in the same category?For example: My topic is body image. My

thesis is, the media helps promote a negative body for young girls. I have a notecard about anorexia and the media. I also have a note card about bulimia and the media. One of my main points might be eating disorders caused by the media.

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Notecard Organization

Your notecards should each have a specific TITLE. That TITLE should match the information in the box.

The information on each notecard must be paraphrased using the box to the right.

Mrs. Ciaffone’s Website

The Outline Template and other research materials are located on my website. Please utilize these resources.

Click on 11R Outline 2014 on my website. You will download it and save it under your name on the computer or save it to a flash drive. Let’s take a look at the template together.

OUTLINEParagraph #1 IntroductionAttention getter: Thesis:

Paragraph #2: Background: Background information on the topic:

Paragraph #3 Main Point I: Details: A: Details: B: Details: C: Paragraph #4 Main Point II: Details: A: Details: B: Details: C: Paragraph #5 Main Point III: Details: A: Details: B: Details: C:  ****There may be more than 3 main point paragraphs:

Paragraph #6 Counterargument:  Opposing views (address the counterargument and explain why it is invalid.)

Paragraph #7Conclusion: Restate thesis:  The conclusion---brings the essay to a satisfying close. Rather than simply repeating what has gone before, the conclusion brings all the writer’s ideas together and answers the question, so what?  Add a clincher (the last thought on your topic that you want your audience to think about.)

Outline

The Classical Model

IntroductionThe introduction introduces the reader to the

subject under discussion. Whether it is a single paragraph or several, the introduction draws the readers into the text by piquing their interest, challenging them, or otherwise getting their attention. Often the introduction is where the writer establishes ethos.

1 paragraph

BackgroundThe narration provides factual information and

background material on the subject at hand, thus beginning the developmental paragraphs, or establishes why the subject is a problem that needs addressing. The level of detail a writer uses in this section depends largely on the audience’s knowledge of the subject.

1 paragraph

Main PointsThe confirmation, usually the major part of the

text, includes the development of proof needed to make the writer’s case --- the nuts and bolts of the essay, containing the most specific and concrete detail in the text.

3-5 paragraphs (main points)**There may be more than 3 main point paragraphs:

CounterargumentThe refutation, which addresses the

counterargument, is in many ways a bridge between the writer’s proof and the conclusion. If opposing views are well known or valued by the audience, a writer will address them before presenting his or her argument. The counterargument’s appeal is largely to logos.

1 paragraph (address the counterargument and explain why it is invalid.)

ConclusionThe conclusion---whether it is one paragraph or

several----brings the essay to a satisfying close. Rather than simply repeating what has gone before, the conclusion brings all the writer’s ideas together and answers the question, so what? Writers should remember the classical rhetoricians’ advice that the last words and ideas of a text are those the audience is most likely to remember.

1 paragraph-conclusion