TIQA Outline
TIQA is a writing format for research papers and essay paragraphs. It is an abbreviation for Topic sentence, Introduce quote or example, Quote, and Analysis. Your body paragraph should include a topic sentence at the beginning. The rest of the paragraph should provide a context for a quote or a paraphrase example. You should then provide an example that supports your topic sentence. After providing the example, you should explain how it supports your thesis statement. You then need to analyze to show the importance of your quote to your argument.
The following is a TIQA outline:
1. Topic sentence
A topic sentence has a topic and a limiting idea. The topic sentence should give the readers an idea of the example that you are giving in the paragraph.
2. Introduce example or quote
Introduce the quote or example for your topic sentence by giving it some context. You should tell the reader who is talking of someone is speaking a quote.
3. Quote or example
Provide a quote or example that supports the topic sentence. You can quote from a dialogue or narration or paraphrase.
4. Analysis
After giving your quote, discuss how and why the quote is important to your argument. This section should show the reader why they should care about your paper or essay. The analysis explains the importance of the quote and gives its significance to the argument or how it connects to the thesis statement.
If you choose to repeat the TIQA method in the same paragraph, the second T stands for the transition.
5. Transition
Use a sentence or phrase to transition from your first topic sentence to your second topic sentence.