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Essay outline mind map template
An essay outline mind map with thesis, introduction, three reasons, counterargument and conclusion, ready to fill in before you start writing.
Who it is for
- A student planning a five paragraph or longer essay before the deadline.
- A writer who gets stuck on structure and needs the argument laid out first.
- A tutor showing a class how a thesis connects to its evidence.
How to use it
- Open the template and write your essay question as the central topic.
- Draft the thesis first, then give each reason a topic sentence and its evidence.
- Reorder the branches until the argument flows, then export Markdown to start writing.
The outline
Every topic in the template, as it opens in the editor.
Essay outline
- Question and thesis
- The question in my own words
- A thesis someone could disagree with
- Three reasons, strongest last
- Introduction
- Hook: a fact, scene or question
- Context the reader needs
- Thesis stated plainly
- First reason
- Topic sentence
- Best piece of evidence
- How it proves the thesis
- Second reason
- Link back to the first
- Example, quote or data
- What it adds to the case
- Third reason
- The strongest point
- Evidence that is hard to argue with
- Why it settles the question
- Counterargument
- Best case against my thesis
- Where it is right
- Why my thesis still holds
- Conclusion
- The thesis, said a new way
- What changes if I am right
- Final checks
- Word count and format
- Every quote cited
- Read aloud for clarity
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