1. OUTLINING PROCESS – 5 STEP APPROACH
Classification Essay
OUTLINING PROCESS – 5 STEP APPROACH

2. STEP 1 – JOURNAL OF PURPOSE: CONCLUSION THINKING
MYSTERY  HORROR SPECTRUM PLOTTING
PUTTING “GUT” THOUGHTS INTO WORDS

3. STEP 2 – THESIS BUILDING & INTRO PLAN
1. HOOK – GET ATTENTION OR FOCUS
2. BACKGROUND BUILDING (TEXTS, BODY POINTS, “WHAT WE READ”) [WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT OR EXPLORING]
THESIS IDEA

4. STEP 2 – THESIS BUILDING & INTRO PLAN
THESIS EXAMPLES:
HORROR FOR TEDDY; VIEWER IS CONSTANTLY LOST; SUSPENSE AND PLOT TWISTS ARE KEY
SHUTTER ISLAND MAY SEEM LIKE A MYSTERY STORY BECAUSE OF THE PLOT TWISTS AND SUSPENSE, BUT THE HORROR THAT IS CREATED FOR THE CHARACTER TEDDY MAKES IT FEEL LIKE A HYBRID MYSTERY/HORROR FILM.

5. STEP 2 – THESIS BUILDING & INTRO PLAN
THESIS EXAMPLES:
MYSTERY QUESTIONING; VIEWER HAS TO THINK
SHUTTER ISLAND SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A TRUE MYSTERY FILM BECAUSE OF ITS RELIANCE ON THE NEED TO RAISE QUESTIONS AND FORCE THE VIEWER TO THINK.

6. STEP 2 – THESIS BUILDING & INTRO PLAN
THESIS EXAMPLES:
MYSTERY B/C OF THINKING
SHUTTER ISLAND SEEMS TO BE A TYPICAL MYSTERY FILM BECAUSE THE DIRECTOR’S GOAL IS TO FORCE US TO THINK—AT EVERY TURN IN THE FILM.

7. STEP 3 – GATHER CRITICAL THOUGHTS
MYSTERY & HORROR TERMINOLOGY
ISOLATION (BOTH)
LOCKED ROOM (MYSTERY)
THE CASE “BRIEF” (MYSTERY)

8. STEP 3 – GATHER CRITICAL THOUGHTS
PSYCHOLOGICAL – MAKES YOU THINK (MYSTERY)
PSYCHOLOGAL – MORE PROTAGONIST FOCUS TO UNDERSTAND PSYCHE OF THE CHARACTER (HORROR)

9. STEP 3 – GATHER CRITICAL THOUGHTS
PSYCHOLOGICAL – GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN (HORROR)
PSYCHOLOGICAL – THE DESIRE TO KNOW (MYSTERY)
TENSION, RELEVANCE & REALISM (HORROR)

10. STEP 3 – GATHER CRITICAL THOUGHTS
HARDBOILED PI – HE IS TRYING TO FIX A CORRUPT WORLD (MYSTERY)
REFLECTING SOCIETAL FEARS (HORROR)
BLOOD & GORE (HORROR)
UNSETTLING IMAGES (HORROR)

11. STEP 3 – GATHER CRITICAL THOUGHTS
ABRUPT TRANSITIONS AND JARRING CHANGES IN TONE (SUSPENSE/HORROR)
RED HERRINGS – DEAD END PLOT TWISTS (MYSTERY)
MORBID FASCINATION (HORROR)

12. STEP 4 – organize body: categories and ordered details

13. STEP 5 – CONCLUSION BULLET POINTS