Research Outline Format Research Outline Format See the MLA, ch. Your title can change later, but have a working title for now. Second, be sure you include your Thesis Statement after the title and before the outline. This is a persuasive analytical paper, so your thesis needs to take a clear stand. If you change it dramatically after I approve it, you need to resubmit the thesis statement.
Minor changes are okay.
If I advise you it is not strong enough, then try again and resubmit the thesis to me for final approval. It must control the entire paper, so you want it as 'right' as you can get it. You are outlining the BODY of your paper, not the intro or conclusion. Again, the outline can change and probably will, but any major additions you need to let me know after I've approved this one. Finally, be sure you're using parallel phrases or sentences, all noun phrases, for example.