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Free Assignment Outline Generator
Paste your assignment question and pick the assessment type. You get a section-by-section skeleton with word allocations and a note on what each section has to do to earn its marks.
Build your outline
Nothing you type is sent anywhere — it runs in your browser
Your plan
- Introduction ~200 words
Context, scope, thesis and roadmap. Write it last — you cannot describe an argument you have not made yet.
- Definition or framework ~200 words
Define the contested term, or set out the theory you will apply. Justify the choice in one sentence.
- Argument one ~400 words
Your strongest point in PEEAL: Point, Evidence, Explain, Assess the evidence, Link.
- Argument two ~400 words
Second point, same structure. Make sure it adds something rather than restating argument one.
- Counter-argument ~400 words
The strongest case against you, taken seriously, then answered. Most rubrics name this explicitly — never cut it for word count.
- Synthesis ~200 words
What emerges from holding all of the above together. This is where First-Class marks live.
- Conclusion ~200 words
Direct answer to the question, its implication, and an honest limitation. No new evidence.
Why an outline is worth twenty minutes
The most common reason a UK essay lands in the 50s is not weak writing — it is structure. Paragraphs that do not build on each other, a counter-argument that never appears, a conclusion that summarises instead of concluding.
Deciding the shape before you write costs twenty minutes and removes the single largest source of avoidable lost marks. It also makes the writing considerably faster, because you are never staring at a paragraph wondering what it is for.
Read the command verb first
The instruction in your question determines the structure. "Compare and contrast" needs sections organised by criterion rather than by subject. "To what extent" needs a graded answer rather than a yes or no. "Evaluate" needs criteria stated before the evidence is weighed.
The generator adjusts the skeleton to the assessment type you pick. But the command verb in your own question is the final check on whether the shape fits.
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Assignment outline generator — your questions
Does this write my essay?
No. It produces a structural plan — sections, word allocations and what each section needs to do. The research, argument and writing are yours, which is the point.
Is my question sent anywhere?
No. The generator runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type reaches our servers or is stored.
Can I get a plan with actual sources in it?
Yes — that is our structure-and-plan service, where a subject specialist builds the argument and identifies the sources for each point. It starts at £15.
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No account, no email, no obligation. Tell us the word count and the deadline and the calculator does the rest.