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Outlines. Outline: Why bother?. Aids in the process of writing Helps you organize your ideas Presents your material in a logical form Shows the relationships among ideas in your writing Constructs an ordered overview of your writing Defines boundaries and groups. What else it helps with.
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Outline: Why bother? • Aids in the process of writing • Helps you organize your ideas • Presents your material in a logical form • Shows the relationships among ideas in your writing • Constructs an ordered overview of your writing • Defines boundaries and groups
What else it helps with • Purpose (PIE) • Audience • Most importantly, it will help clarify your thesis
How to do it • Brainstorm: List all the ideas that you want to include in your paper. • Organize: Group related ideas together. • Order: Arrange material in subsections from general to specific or from abstract to concrete. • Label: Create main and sub headings.
Four Ways to Design Parallelism • Each heading and subheading should a parallel structure. If the first heading is a noun (verb, etc.). the second heading should be a noun (verb, etc.) It's like writing a resume. • Choose electric cars • Reduce carbon imprint
Division Each heading should be divided into 2 or more parts. • Reduce Carbon Imprint • Recycle aluminum and glass • Recycle electronics
Coordination • All the information in Heading 1 should have the same significance as the information in Heading 2. The same goes for the subheadings (which should be less significant than the headings). • Review water bill for possible waste • Review electric bill for possible waste • computers draining power • television draining power
Subordination The information in the headings should be more general, while the information in the subheadings should be more specific. Ways to reduce carbon footprint • change transportation • ride bike • walk more
Types of Outlines Alphanumeric Outlines • Roman Numerals • Capitalized Letters • Arabic Numerals • Lowercase Letters I.A.i.a.
Types of Outlines • Alphanumeric Outlines • I.A.i.a. Full sentences Phrases
Types of Outlines • Decimal Outlines The decimal outline is similar in format to the alphanumeric outline. 1.1.2.3.1 Some people like this better than I.A.1.a.