An outline will help a lot. For example if you were Writing a paper on the French revolution it would look like this.
French Revolution
I. Intro parahgraph
II. Reasons Why the war started
A. the unequal system of taxation
B. The way that the peasants lived a life of poverty while the Nobles
lived a life of luxury just because of their title.
And so on
D, all of these are reasons for using a dash in a sentence
1 It was such a boring book to finish.
2 The exam was too hard so nobody got a good mark.
3 She is so kind that everyone likes her.
4 My dog eats so much food that I can't afford to keep it.
5 The holiday apartment had so much quiet that you could hear the insects.
I’m pretty sure Lyddie had been reading Oliver Twist earlier on in the novel.