Students, I'm posting this to give you and idea of the level of detail needed in the outline for your research paper. The most important thing to notice is how you use citations so that your outline will show the quality of your research.
I. A. Restate prompt (not word for word). The oil industry is accused of buying influence with mass media outlets in order to shape public opinion on the causes of global warming..
B. Thesis statement: Man-made pollution is the primary cause of global warming, and people must expose the lies they have been fed.
C. The Paris Climate Change conference show that there is now worldwide concern on this important issue.(NY Times, p. 85)
D. First they denied it was happening, and then, losing that fight, denied fossil fuels contribute. (Redmond, p. 3)
II. Topic Sentence: Serious scientists believe that greenhouse gas emissions are the cause of global warming.
B. Study by MIT about melting glaciers shows relation between melt and automobile usage (Jones, p. 323)
- give details
C. Study by govt. task force shows steady curve…(Survaint p. 421)
-(give details)
III. Topic sentence: Rising sea levels threaten low lying coastal areas
B. Maldives sea levels have forced thousands to relocate inland. (Fredrick, p 310) give details about what’s happened, impact on survival
C. Florida Key’s are losing area, impacting tourism. (Smithsonian study, p 43) -Even though Florida politicians have made it against the law to use the word climate change. (Rogers, p 4) -Dim future for tourism, according to State study of vacation patterns (JSTOR, p 8)
