How to Write an EE Outline

by Lindsay Martinez

Writing a decent outline before starting the actual writing process of the extended essay is essential to understanding your own ideas, the ideas being added to the essay, and the order in which you’ll be presenting those ideas. It’s important to stop and think about how you want to format your essay, especially one of this size.

The process of writing an outline is basically the same for most EE subjects, but here are some basics you should know.  

English

Writing an outline for an english essay can sometimes help you understand your topic better than before since you’ll have to search for specific details you’ll be including within your essay. It’s important to separate each section and add subsections that describe the specific points each paragraph will demonstrate.

History

Writing an outline for history is especially important because there are so many aspects and perspectives to every single historical event that outlining which specific ones you’ll be including is crucial to having your essay make sense and flow correctly. Similar to all essay outlines, make sure to separate each section and add subsections that are specific to each paragraph.

Biology

Writing an outline for biology isn’t exactly like writing an outline for english and history. There’s more of a formula when it comes to this subject. You have to organize your data as well as your interpretation of that data and explain how it proves or disproves your argument. Organizing all of these crucial points of the essay will make or break it. Having it set in a way that makes sense to the person reading it but also includes everything it has to have is a balance you have to find with this subject.

Film

Writing an outline for film really only requires you to do a few things: find a certain movie or certain movies that interest you, think about something within the movies that could be argued, and get to writing!

Psychology

Writing an outline for psychology is similar to that of biology in the sense that you have to organize the studies you’re referencing in a way that makes sense while also adding in your own personal beliefs, interpretations, or findings. You should list the specific studies you’ll be using and place them in the appropriate headings and subheadings of your outline.