Outline

=**Outline** =

Within the last fifty years, I have found it the most profitable plan to meditate with my pen in my hand, writing down the outlines,as the Word is opened to me. George Müller

When evaluating an essay,consistency and order are essential.The best way to show the order of your ideas is no more than with an outline.The purpose of outline is to organize your thoughts and organize collected sources you are going to use to prove your thesis.Once you arrange those information logically,starting to write a paper will be easy for you and meanwhile your readers will be able to understand your point.

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1.Definiton 2.Types of Outlines 3.Forms of outline 4.Suggested Process in Making An Outline 5.Tips & Warnings 6.More Example 7.References 8.External Links
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">﻿ ﻿ ﻿ Topic Outline and Example
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sentence Outline and Example
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Model

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Definition =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">"An outline is a general plan of the material that is to be presented in a speech or a paper. The outline shows the order of the various topics, the relative importance of each, and the relationship between the various parts."(lavc.edu) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">With an outline,you can clearly see the thesis that you are going to state in the essay.The outline distinctly shows the order you arrange in the writing paper and allow you to consider in what order the thesis can be performed best.It is useful to check the connection between the examples or the ideas.After finishing the essay,it gives you a chance to see whether you need to revise or edit your writing. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">For readers,especially teachers,the outline allows them to grasp your thesis at a glance.Therefore,on the one hand,the readers can truly understand you points,on the other hand,they can also give you some proposition according to your outline.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Types of Outlines =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">There are several types of outlines.Here are two main types[1]:the topic outline and the sentence outline.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__**1.Topic Outline**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A topic outline only contains your major points,that is,the key words in every paragraph of your essay.The advantage of the type of outline is brief and to the point.One can promptly and clearly grasp the thoughts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__Example:__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Thesis:Travel broadens the mind <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: auto;"> I. O<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: auto; font-size: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">p ening remark <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: auto;"> II. Reasons <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">III. Conclusion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">A. My expectations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">B. Knowledge widening
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">C. My goal through traveling

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__** 2.Sentence Outline **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">In the sentence outline,the ideas usually are expressed in complete sentences and shows more details of thesis.Just like a journey map,this type of outline leads you towards an effective destination. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__Example:__ <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Thesis: Travel broadens the mind <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> I. Introduction   <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Travel has become part of our life. And more and more of us have come to know the significance of travel through our own experience. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> II. Reasons <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">III. Conclusion <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">In a word, we can benefit from travel. It is worth spending the time.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A. Main Idea: Travel meets what I expect.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">This is the best way of pastime. I can enjoy eating various food and seeing beautiful sceneries.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Through the travel, I will know much how to get along with strangers and maybe make some friends at the same time.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I will walk a lot in my traveling time. Walking is a good way to exercise.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">B.Main Idea: Travel widen my knowledge
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">When I prepare for a travel, I need to research the information about the place. It will widen my knowledge of geography.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Compared with my hometown, the traveling place must be much different. I will learn much about the local different lifestyle, customs and cultures.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Language is important. Travel can help me exercise that.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">C.Main Idea: Happiness is the goal
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I can know and understand what happiness is that I want.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Where I can find my own happiness?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">How to chase or attain happiness that belongs to me.

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Format of An Outline =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">An outline can be written through following a specific form.Here is one format cited from the book //Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers//[2] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">__** Model **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Thesis statement: Write your thesis statement here. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I.Major topics or paragraphs are indicated by Roman numerals. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">These are made by using the capitals l,V, or X on your keyboard. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A. Subheads are indicated by capital letters. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">B. You can have as many entries as you like, but there must be <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">at least two in each category. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">II. Entries should be in parallel order.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Details are indicated by numbers, followed by a period.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">a. More specific details are indicated with lower-case <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">letters.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">b. These are written a, b, c, and so forth
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Begin each entry with a capital letter.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">You cannot have a I without a II.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">You cannot have an A without a B.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">You cannot have a I without a 2.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">You cannot have a lower case a without a lower case b.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">A. Entries may be word entries.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">B. Entries may be phrase entries.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">C. Entries may be sentence entries.

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Suggested Process in Making An Outline[2] =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; none: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tips & Warnings[2] =
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">First, brainstorming your topics and write down your ideas.Then arrange your notes in a logical order that you can easily understand what you are going to write.If you have difficulty in placing the order,you may find out the clues in the sequence of your notes.The order is better to be written in progressively increasing that will add the attractiveness to your article.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Think over the major headings.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Put the materials to fit under each headings.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Revise the headings.Look for the relationship among the ideas and group them into subtopics.
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">As the outline proceeds,the editing and revising are necessary.Make the outline more coherent.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">After you finish the outline,let it rest for several days.Then look back at it and carefully think over the order again.Find out the awkward places, “what ideas don’t seem to fit,which points need to be expanded,and so on”.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">When you cannot decide where something should be put,firstly put it in other places in the outline.Then as you write,you can decide where is the most appropriate.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">If you are not quite sure if an idea fits,firstly write down a reminder and after you have finish the first draft,you can see where it belongs.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">If an important idea doesn't fit,then you should write a new outline for it.The important idea is of importance for an article
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Each topic idea must have at least two subtopics.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Each roman number should be equally important in relation to each other. Each lettered line must also be equally important to the other lettered lines.

=More Example[3]=


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Guide to Writing Research Papers **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> has __ [|a special section on writing outlines*] __ and we recommend you review that material. From that document, here is one image (below) that might prove especially helpful, a sample outline (from the //__MLA Handbook__//) of another proposed paper. The important thing to notice about it is how supporting details are arranged beneath more important ideas and the outline branches out (toward the right) as ideas become more supportive in nature. Logic demands that an "A" be followed by a "B." (If there is no "B," maybe there shouldn't be an "A," or "A" should be incorporated into the paper in some other way.)

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**References** =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">[1].How to write an outline[Los Angles Valley College Library] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 24px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">[2].Rozakis,Laurie.//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers. //New York:McGraw-Hill Publisher,1999 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">[3].Outling[Grammar] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 24px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">[4]Basic Outling <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: auto;">[] =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">External Links =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">1.How to write an outline[wikiHow] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">2.Developing an outline[Purdue Online Writing Lab] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">3.How to Create Research Paper Outline[ProEssay] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">4.How to write an outline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">5.Making an outline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: auto;">[]