handout 2.2

• Outline


  A blueprint of some more elaborate written structure that helps the writer construct a more unified and better organized idea of a composition or essay
• Outline


  • Summarizes the essential features of a text
  • Shows how the parts of a text are related to one another as parts that are of equal importance, or sections that are subordinate to the main idea
  • Used as a guide to organizing ideas before writing an essay
• Types of Outline

  • Topic Outline
  • Sentence Outline
  • Mixed Outline
  • Paragraph Outline
• Topic Outline


  Uses single words or phrases in the headings
• Topic Outline


  • Classification of Animals Based on Habitat
  • Classification of Animals Based on Food
• Sentence Outline


  Expands each part into full sentence
• Sentence Outline


  • Animals are classified according to habitat
  • Animals are classified according to food
• Mixed Outline


  Puts main ideas in complete sentence form and subordinate ideas in topic form
• Mixed Outline


  • Animals are classified according to habitat
  • Animals are classified according to food
• Paragraph Outline


  Lists the topic ideas of each paragraph in order
• Outline Formats


  • Numeral form or Roman Numeral
  • Arabic form or Dewey Decimal
  • Alphanumeric form
• The Roman numeral outline is widely used in schools and industries. The Dewey decimal outline is frequently observed in engineering, research, and technically-oriented fields. The alphanumeric outline is usually utilized in government institutions.