So, what do you do if you’re attacked by wolves? Or, why do we associate mistletoe with kissing? Possibly, even, why schoolskids get a 3-month break?
All good questions, but the better one is how do I take a pile of research and turn it into a paper. Here’s how:
Option 1: Make an outline. Now, do you need to make a crazy Roman Numeral salad where you find yourself trying to remember how to render 138 (CXXXVIII btw)? No. Instead decide what is the best way to lead a reader through your information. Probably, you would state the question early, give a little background, note possible (but mistaken) answers, then answer the question, and finally end with a paragraph that links the question to a larger point about life.
I Explain Q: What to do when wolves attack?
II Wolf psychology
A Why wolves attack
B What wolves are afraid of
III Bad ideas
A Running really fast
B Tying pork chops to your legs
C Speaking in pig latin in the hopes that it will confuse them.
D Using those tiny broken airplane liquor bottles
IV Good idea
A. Scaring the wolves
B. Shoving your fist down the wolf’s throat
C. Putting it into a headlock
V How often do wolves attack? What wolf attacks say about our fears of Nature.
Does that not work for you? See this format and this online outline maker.
Also, consider using notecards. Millions of students can’t be wrong.

