What does a Formal Outline look like? B. 1. 2. C. II. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. B. C. III.

Formal Outline Format (example) I. Introduction (*Mandatory: You must write the entire introduction) II. Main Point (1st body paragraph) A. Example of II. B. Example of II. the “rule of 2”! Example of B. 2. Example of B. 3. Example of B. III. Main Point (2nd body paragraph) A. Example of III. Example of A. 2. Example of A. B. Example of III. C. Example of III. Example of C. 2. Example of C. Example of 2. (…and so on)… b) Example of 2. c) Example of 2.

Outline #1: The American Revolution Introduction: (explain the quote)-The colonists’ willingness to revolt against British oppression started long before the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord. (*Mandatory: You must write the entire introduction) II. Before the War A. The Great Awakening: A Protestant Christian revival movement in the 1730s -1740s that inspired colonists to challenge the authority of the Church of England…which was a challenge to the gov’t 1. started by preacher Jonathan Edwards 2. George Whitefield, known as Grand Itinerant – traveling preacher 3. encouraged people to think individually a. wanted freedom of religion, not freedom from religion b. led to separation of church and state B. What would you put next? (i.e. the influence of the Enlightenment resistance to taxation, Sons of Liberty, etc. ) III. What would be the next MAIN IDEA?