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Advanced Writing for ESL Students
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Outline for a Process Essay

  
 

This is an example of an outline for a Process Essay. Use this example outline as a guideline when writing a process essay outline. This outline is for both an Informational or an Instructional Process Essay.

Note:
In the instructional process essay the order of the steps is important.
In the information process essay the order of the steps is not important.


Introduction
(There are X number of steps in this process.)

Thesis statement 
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Body
(The number of steps in the process equals the number of supporting paragraphs.)

Step #1 
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Explanation 
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Step #2 
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Explanation 
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Step #3 
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Explanation 
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Conclusion
(Completion of the process)

 
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