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Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet

In this course, you will write a 1,050- to 1,750-word Personal Responsibility Essay, due in Week Five, which includes the following:

• Define what personal responsibility means to you.
• Explain the relationship between personal responsibility and college success.
• Include a preliminary plan to practice personal responsibility in your education.

This week, using the Center for Writing Excellence resources, provide the thesis statement and informal outline for your Personal Responsibility Essay assignment, due in Week Five.

Thesis Statement:

Even though there are outside influences that can change my decisions, regarding my own success, every action and decision I make is my responsibility because I decide how to spend my time and I decide how to take care of my health.

Informal Outline:

I. There are many outside influences that can change a decision I make on my own. However, I decide how to spend my time and how I take care of my own health. These decisions are my responsibility alone for every action regarding my own success.

Regarding my own success, every action and decision I make is my responsibility.

I decide how to take care of my health.

The most important reason regarding my own success, every action and decision I make is my responsibility, because I decide how to spend my time.

In conclusion, although there are outside influences that can change my decisions regarding my own success, every action and decision I make is my responsibility for two main reasons. First, I decide how to take care of my health. But most importantly, I decide how to spend my time.