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Outline: (Source: Oshima, A., & Hogue, A. (2007) - Introduction To Academic Writing (3rd Ed.) - Pearson Education.)

This document provides an outline for an essay on limiting work hours and enforcing break times through legislation. The introduction presents the issue of employees facing heavy workloads and being unable to take full holiday time due to demands of the global economy and immediatism as the norm. The thesis aims to examine limiting work hours and breaks by law and argue it is an advisable option. The body will include two topic sentences with three supporting points and a conclusion for each. The conclusion will restate the thesis and provide a final comment.

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Outline: (Source: Oshima, A., & Hogue, A. (2007) - Introduction To Academic Writing (3rd Ed.) - Pearson Education.)

This document provides an outline for an essay on limiting work hours and enforcing break times through legislation. The introduction presents the issue of employees facing heavy workloads and being unable to take full holiday time due to demands of the global economy and immediatism as the norm. The thesis aims to examine limiting work hours and breaks by law and argue it is an advisable option. The body will include two topic sentences with three supporting points and a conclusion for each. The conclusion will restate the thesis and provide a final comment.

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OUTLINE

Study the diagram below and notice how the three parts of a paragraph correspond to the three parts of an
essay.

(Source: Oshima, A., & Hogue, A. (2007). Introduction to Academic Writing (3rd ed.). Pearson Education.)

A. Complete the following outline for the essay on page 3. The introduction has already been done for
you. You usually write out topic sentences in full, but you may use short phrases to list supporting
points and supporting details if you wish. Once you finish, give the essay a title.

1
OUTLINE
Title: _____________________________________________________________________

I. INTRODUCTION
A. Hook: rapid changes on working environment ⇐ demands of global economy
B. Background: immediatism as a norm ⇒ heavy workloads ⇒ unable or unwilling to take full
holiday entitlement
C. Thesis statement: This essay aims to look at the issue of limiting the hours that people can work
each week and enforcing breaking times by legislation, and to show how it is an advisable
option.

II. BODY
A. Topic sentence: ______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
1. Support: ___________________________________________________________
2. Support: ___________________________________________________________
3. Support: ___________________________________________________________
Conclusion: ___________________________________________________________

B. Topic sentence: ______________________________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________
1. Support: ___________________________________________________________
2. Support: ___________________________________________________________
3. Support: ___________________________________________________________
Conclusion: ___________________________________________________________

III. CONCLUSION
A. Restatement: ________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
B. Final comment: _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

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