How To Write Your Essay Outline

This document provides guidance on how to write a cause and effect essay outline. It instructs students to choose whether to focus on causes or effects, then develop an attention-grabbing introduction. A thesis statement expressing the main idea should follow. The body consists of topic sentences for each paragraph followed by supporting details. A conclusion restates the thesis. Students are asked to apply this structure in creating an outline on the effects or causes of Movement Control Order in preventing COVID-19 outbreak.

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HOW TO WRITE YOUR ESSAY

OUTLINE?
LECTURER : NUR ZAIMAH JAMIL
BRAINSTORM TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO
WRITE CAUSES OR EFFECTS FOR YOUR
ESSAY.
• Choose only ONE.
1) Write cause only
2) Write effect only

(refer to the three types of cause and effect essay structure)

TITLE FOR YOUR ESSAY
Title :

Causes of Movement Control Order (MCO) to Prevent Covid-19 Outbreak.

or
Effects of Movement Control Order (MCO) to Prevent Covid-19 Outbreak in
the Society.
1ST PARAGRAPH : ATTENTION GETTER/ HOOK

• What is attention getter or hook?

The first two sentences in your essay. It is important so that reader will be
interested to read further.
TYPES OF ATTENTION GETTER / HOOK.
1. Personal Reference or your opinion :
Covid 19 is a serious issue which has affected many countries all around the world.

2. Rhetorical Questions, Q&A, Questions. Questions :

What do you think about Movement Control Order (MCO) which has been implemented on
18 March 2020?

3. Quotations/Using Explaining Famous Words on the Topic:

‘Together we stand divided we fall’ is a good phrase to describe the practice of Movement
Control Order implemented by the government as a way the prevent Covid-19 virus from
spreading.
4. Startling Statistic/Series of Facts :
The latest data of from Ministry of Health reported that on 14 April 2020 4827
people have been infected with Covid-19.

5. Guided Imagery :
Can you imagine what will happen in Malaysia if everyone is infected with
Covid-19? Our country will collapse and most probably and to avoid this from
happening, the government had implemented the Movement Control Order to
avoid the virus from spreading.
EXAMPLE OF ATTENTION GETTER OR HOOK

Attention getter :
Covid- 19 has been declared as pandemic disease by World Health
Organisation in March 2020. It has been affected many countries all around the
world.
Write in full sentences but only two to three sentences. You may write more in
your essay. But in the outline pick only the most important sentence that you
think might attract readers to read your essay.
THESIS STATEMENT : THE MAIN IDEA OF
YOUR ESSAY
 refer to your essay structure before you write your thesis statement.

1. Effects
2. Causes
Thesis statement : Effects

There are three effects of Movement Control Order (MCO) among the citizen
such as _____________, ________ and ____________. (keywords from topic
sentence 1, 2 and 3).
OR
There are several effects on the implementation of Movement Control Order
in order to prevent Covid-19 outbreak.
Thesis statement : causes

There are three causes why Malaysia government implemented the movement
control order as ways to prevent Covid-19 outbreak such as ______________,
______ and ____________. (keywords from topic sentence 1,2 and 3).

OR
There are several causes why Malaysia government implemented the
movement control order as ways to prevent Covid-19 outbreak.
•Write only ONE sentence for thesis
statement.
TOPIC SENTENCE : Main idea of the paragraph
TOPIC SENTENCE : POINT
First of all, the causes of the implementation of Movement Control Order in
Malaysia is to contain the virus from mass spreading among the citizen.

Supporting detail #1 : elaboration of the topic sentence.

Supporting detail #2 : elaboration of the topic sentence.
Supporting detail #3 : elaboration of the topic sentence.
CONCLUSION : FOR OUTLINE ONLY ONE
SENTENCE.
Restate the thesis statement :
Example of thesis statement :
There are several effects on the implementation of Movement Control Order in order
to prevent Covid-19 outbreak.
Concluding sentence :
In conclusion, it is undeniable that effects of movement control order implementation
managed to flatten the curve of Covid-19 outbreak and prevent it from spreading.
PRESENTATION :

• WRITE AN OUTLINE FOR YOUR CAUSE / EFFECT ESSAY BASED ON

YOUR PRESENTATION TOPIC. REFER TO ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

• FOLLOW THE SAMPLE OF YOUR OUTLINE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

CAUSE/EFFECT ESSAY OUTLINE

Introduction :
Hook
:_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Thesis statement :
________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Topic sentence #1 :
One cause/ effect is
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________

Supporting detail #1: Example 1

_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Supporting detail #2: Example 2
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Supporting detail #3: Example 3
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________(
(repeat the same format for the next two paragraph : topic sentence 2 and topic
sentence 3.)
• Concluding sentence :
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________