This document provides outlines for 3-paragraph and 4-paragraph essays, with placeholders for thesis statements, topic sentences, supporting details, and anchors to transition between paragraphs and restate the thesis in the conclusion. The 3-paragraph outline includes an introductory paragraph with thesis statement, two support paragraphs with topic sentences and three details each, and a conclusion. The 4-paragraph outline adds another support paragraph with the same structure as the first two.

1. Three-Paragraph Essay OutlineIntroThesis Statement _______________________________________________________________________________Support Paragraph #1Topic Sentence_________________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail A______________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail B ____________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail C ____________________________________________________________________________Anchor ______________________________________________________________________________________Restate Thesis_________________________________________________________________________________Conclusion

2. Four-Paragraph Essay OutlineIntroThesis Statement _______________________________________________________________________________Support Paragraph #1Topic Sentence_________________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail A______________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail B ____________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail C ____________________________________________________________________________Anchor ______________________________________________________________________________________Support Paragraph #2Topic Sentence_________________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail A______________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail B ____________________________________________________________________________Supporting Detail C ____________________________________________________________________________Anchor ______________________________________________________________________________________Restate Thesis_________________________________________________________________________________Conclusion