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Outlining Strategies

Creating an Outline
Creating an Outline
 Gather your prewriting and all the
information you want to include in the
paper.
 Write down the information in the order
you think makes the paper most logical.
 Outline only the body paragraphs for
your essay.
Creating an Outline
 Include the thesis statement at the top
to ensure you include only the support
that defends or proves your thesis.
 Include all your source examples and
any other information that makes up a
paragraph
Creating an Outline
 keep the following in mind when creating an
outline:
 One point may never stand alone
 Your outline must be complete and detailed.
 After you have drafted an outline, rearrange the
order of topics and subtopics. Place them in the
best order, so items make sense, and transitions
are easy to add.
Ways to Organize an
Outline
 Your outline is a visual representation of
the order of ideas in your paper.
 It is a good idea to explore different
organizational arrangements.
 The following are the more common
ways to organize ideas:
Ways to Organize an
Outline
 Least important to most important:
Many persuasive essays are organized
in this way to build the momentum of
an argument
Ways to Organize an
Outline
 Most important to least important:
Executive summaries and news articles
are usually written this way because
readers may not have time to read to
the end of the story or article.
Ways to Organize an
Outline
 Chronologically:
If you tell a story or describe a process—
for example, downloading a song from
the Internet or changing an automobile
tire—the order of events or steps in the
process is important.
Ways to Organize an
Outline
 Logically:
You may organize your outline logically so
the information makes the most sense,
such as from a problem to a solution.
Ways to Organize an
Outline
 Spatially:
If you want to describe the way a person
or object looks, you may arrange the
descriptions in a certain order
Resource
 For additional help with outlining,
review the information at the following
site:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/reso
urce/544/01/.

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