Outlining
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- An outline is a map of an essay
- This shows what information each section or paragraph contain and in what order
- An outline reflects the summary or abstract of the text
- An outline gives an essential features of a text
- an outline organizes ur information in a hierarchical or logical order
- Writing outline serves as your guide or blueprint in writing
- reading outline is a outline after the text has been read
- an outline helps us visualize our paper's potential structure
- an outline helps us organize our ideas
- before beginning an outline, it is useful to have a clear thesis statement or clear purpose or clear argument
- Outline formats:
- alpha numeric format - roman numerals, letters, and numbers
- bullet points
- decimals
- Kinds of outline:
- Sentence outline
- Topic outline
- Fragments
- topic outline uses phrases that are not full sentences
- fragments use single words or short phrases
- an outline provides a means of organizing your information in a hierarchical or logical order
- 4 principles in organizing the contents of an outline:
- coordination
- subordination
- division
- parallel construction
- coordination - requires ideas of the same relevance to be labeled in the same way.
- what is the means combining two sentences or ideas that are of equal value?coordination
- headings of the same level are of the same rank - coordination
- subordination - major details show that minor details must be placed under their respective major details.
- what is the means of combining two sentences or ideas in a way that makes one more important than the other?subordination
- information moves from general to specific - subordination
- division - requires that no cluster should contain only one item, so if u have subheading 1, there should be subheading 2.
- division - each subheading must have at least 2 subheadings in order to be divided
- parallel construction - requires all entries in each cluster to use the same structure and format (consistent format & structure)