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Extended Essay: Step 6 - Outlines and Plans

Creating Outlines for your Essay

Importance of Outlines

Task: You will now be writing your own Outline prior to writing your first 2000 words of your essay.

  • Think of the outline as the skeleton of your essay. You will start to put some flesh on this skeleton with your 2000 words.
  • Look at some examples of outlines and use the template to start you going. Your essay must always focus on answering the research question. The outline should show you how you are going to do this. 
  • Each section of the essay must be relevant and link to the research question and to show different perspectives.

Resource: Template for writing an outline - You do not have to use this, you can create your own style, however, this could be helpful.

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Folder with examples of EE outlines from various subjects.

Note these are just examples. If there is not one from you subject area, don't worry. Look at these to get some ideas.

Source: ISB

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