Essay outline: why cities need night buses
Argument for a school essay: each body paragraph has its own evidence node, and the counterargument is answered before the end.
Example board made by the Imagination Board team.
Nodes in order 11
What feeds into a node comes before it.
Hook: a 2am bus stop
Open on one person waiting in the rain.
Thesis
Night buses cost little and move the people a city depends on.
Introduction
Fed by Hook: a 2am bus stop (opens) · Thesis (stated in)
Data: ridership
Share of night riders who work shifts.
Body 1: who rides
Fed by Introduction (leads to) · Data: ridership (numbers for)
Data: safety
Body 2: safer streets
Fed by Data: safety (numbers for) · Body 1: who rides (then)
Data: cost per ride
Counterargument: empty buses
Answer with the off-peak numbers.
Body 3: what it costs
Fed by Data: cost per ride (numbers for) · Body 2: safer streets (then) · Counterargument: empty buses (answered in)
Conclusion
Fed by Body 3: what it costs (sums up)