I. INTRODUCTION
A. Approach Step
B. Thesis Statement: When writing an academic essay some important items must be addressed.
C. Method Statement: This academic essay will discuss what process is involved, why the audience is important, what is critical thinking and how to compose a well organized academic essay.
II. DISCUSSION
A. Process involved in writing a academic essay
1. Critical thinking
2. Topic selection
3. Outline
B. Conveying appropriately to the audience
1. Why the audience is important
2. What prose to use for your audience
3. How to write for a particular audience
C. What critical thinking involves
1. Analyzing each separate part
2. Evaluating each separate part
3. Asking questions.
D. Composition of a well written academic essay
1. Select relevant and appropriate information
2. Organization of collected information
3. Outline
III. CONCLUSION
WORKS CITED PAGE: While reading other sources in order to gain knowledge about the topic, if you decided to borrow any information from them, then you must either summarize, or paraphrase, or use as direct quote in your essays wherever you would want to add credibility to what you wish to convey to your reader. Whatever you borrow must be incorporated into your own thoughts and after having inserted the in-text citation, you must document it using the MLA format. Refer to The Little Brown Handbook Chapter 46 on how to work with sources and Chapter 49 on how to document sources using the MLA format and on how to document in-text citations: