STEPS IN SENTENCE OUTLINE

• Determine the purpose of your paper. (SENTENCE)

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• Determine the audience you are writing for. (SENTENCE)

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• Develop the thesis of your paper. (SENTENCE)

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• You should then use notecards (they are old-school, but offer the flexibility you will need to organize thoughts) to perform the following: (SENTENCE)

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• Brainstorm: List all the ideas that you want to include in your paper onto notecards (gathered through research, either through reading or direct research). (SENTENCE)

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• Organize: Group related ideas together. This may be accomplished by using notecards and sorting them into groups. (SENTENCE)

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• Order: Arrange material in subsections from general to specific or from abstract to concrete (e.g., organize the groups notecards into logical order). (SENTENCE)

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• Label: Create main and sub headings for each group. (SENTENCE)

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