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• A tool used in improving and organizing written ideas about a topic in a logical idea

  Outline
• Writers use this when writing their paper to know which topic to cover and in what order

  outline
• 2 types of outline

  Sentence outline, and topic outline
• Sentence outline

  presents the thesis statement, major topics, subtopics, and supporting details in sentence form
• Follows a hierarchical structure composed of sentences and headings around the subject of the speech or essay


  Sentence outline
• What are the characters used in sentence outline?

  Roman numerals

  Capitalized letters

  Arabic numbers

  Lowercase letters
• characters used in major details


  Roman numerals
• characters used in subtopics

  Capitalized letters
• characters used in supporting details


  Arabic numerals and lowercase letters
• presents major topics, subtopics, and supporting details in the form of words and phrases


  Topic outline
• one-sentence statement that expresses the main idea of an essay


  thesis statement
• refers to the major phrases/sentences which are formed from the thesis statement


  major topics
• minor phrases/sentences formed from major topics


  Subtopics
• provides additional information to clarify or prove the main idea


  supporting details
• primary sources

  firsthand information taken from original sources
• secondhand information taken from primary sources


  secondary sources
• 1st step in writing an outline

  choose your topic and establish purpose
• 2nd step

  create and organize list of your major topics
• 3rd step

  make and organize list of subtopics
• 4th step

  provide additional information to support your subtopics
• 5th step


  review and refine the contents of your outline
• how to expand the content of an outline


  use primary and secondary sources
• COMBINATION OF IDEAS TO FORM A THEORY OR SYSTEM


  SYNTHESIS
• IT MEANS TO COMBINE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PIECES INTO A WHOLE

  SYNTHESIS
• IT INVOLVES GATHERING INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL SOURCES

  SYNTHESIS
• WHEN YOU SYNTHESIZE INFORMATION, YOU'RE MAKING A SHORT SUMMARY THAT LINKS DIFFERENT SOURCES YOU GATHERED

  TRUE
• THE PREFIX "syn" means what?

  together
• PUTTING TOGETHER DIFFERENT IDEAS TO COME UP WITH NEW, BIGGER IDEAS

  SYNTHESIZING
• WHAT IS THE R IN REST METHOD?

  READ TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES ABOUT THE TOPIC AND RECORD IDEAS
• WHAT IS THE E IN REST METHOD?


  EDIT NOTES AND COMBINE CONCEPTS THAT ARE SIMILAR
• WHAT IS THE S IN REST METHOD?


  SYNTHESIZE BY COMBINING NOTES WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE TOPIC
• WHAT IS THE T IN REST METHOD?

  THINK ABOUT YOUR NEW IDEAS AND CONNECT THEM TO WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW
• WHEN READING A STORY WHAT IS THE 1ST STEP IN SYNTHESIZING

  FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT THE TOPIC

  • BASED ON WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW
• WHEN READING A STORY WHAT IS THE 2ND STEP IN SYNTHESIZING 



  GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • BASED ON WHAT YOU ARE ALREADY GETTING FROM OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
• WHEN READING A STORY WHAT IS THE 3RD STEP IN SYNTHESIZING 



  ADD OR COMBINE WHAT YOU KNOW AND INFORMATION YOU GOT FROM OTHER SOURCES

  • TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEA OR CONCLUSIONS
• IT IS DEFINED AS A SUBDIVISION OFA WRITTEN COMPOSITION THAT CONSISTS OF ONE OR MORE SENTENCES

  PARAGRAPH
• IT IS A COMPLETE SHORT COMPOSITION OR NOTE

  PARAGRAPH
• IT IS A GROUP OF SENTENCES DISCUSSING ONE TOPIC WITH THE PURPOSE OF INFORMING, GIVING AN OPINION, STATING FACTS, OR EXPLAINING 


  PARAGRAPH
• WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH?

  TOPIC SENTENCE, BODY, CONCLUSION
• STATES THE MAIN IDEA OF A PARAGRAPH

  TOPIC SENTENCE