1) Introduction		
    Conflict	Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters use logic and emotion to solve the mysterious death of Minnie Wright’s husband, John.	
    Background Information	The way the dead bird was found was reassurance that Minnie killed John, since both the bird and John were killed by using the neck region.  Mrs. Hale tells that John has killed Minnie’s spirit, which was much like that of the bird.  The bird was to be a companion that John was not, so the women come to the conclusion that John did not like the bird singing.	
Thesis	Logic and emotion are both in use by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters in concluding Minnie Wright killed her husband, John.	
2) Body Paragraph 1: Background Information		
    The discovery of the birdcage and what happened to the bird’s whereabouts.		
    The birdcage leads to the finding of the bird	After the door on the birdcage swings a couple of times, the women move onto the quilt they have found, along with her sewing things, where the dead bird is found.	
    Combination of both factors	Finding the birdcage which lets them know that there was a bird at one time, leads them into the quilting, which leads them to the dead bird in the sewing box.	
3) Body Paragraph 2: The way the bird was found.	I will tell how the bird was found and the condition it was in, and how the women use logic to determine how the two killings are linked.	
    The setting	Describe the setting in which the bird was found.	
    Reaction	Describe how the women react logically and emotionally to finding the bird.	
4) Body Paragraph 3:		
    Mrs. Peters	How she now uses logic to determine the punishment of Minnie Wright.	
    Mrs. Hale	How she uses emotion to determine the punishment that John Wright deserved.	
    Mrs. Peters/Mrs. Hale	Explain how the two women come together and both use ethos to justify that what Minnie Wright did was understandable.	
5) Conclusion	Describe “knotting” in quilting terms to show how the women tell the men that Minnie killed John without really telling them (subliminal messaging).