FORMAL WRITING OUTLINE

The traditional outline has three sections: introduction, body, and conclusion.
The basic model looks like this:

Title

1. Introduction
1. The background
2. The thesis statement
2. Body
1. First major category of support
1. Supporting detail
2. Supporting detail
3. Supporting detail
2. Second major category of support
1. Supporting detail
2. Supporting detail
3. Third major category of support
1. Supporting detail
2. Supporting detail
3. Conclusion
1. Review of the major categories of support
2. The answer, solution, or final option