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Academic Writing: Outlining Guide

This document discusses outlining as a tool used in the writing process. It defines outlining as a way to organize ideas, structure a paper, and develop points. Outlining helps visualize a paper's potential structure and shows how information supports the thesis. There are two main types of outlines - topic outlines that show relationships at a high level, and sentence outlines that provide more detail using full sentences. The document provides guidelines for creating outlines using Roman numerals, capital letters, and Arabic numerals to structure the different levels of information.

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Academic Writing: Outlining Guide

This document discusses outlining as a tool used in the writing process. It defines outlining as a way to organize ideas, structure a paper, and develop points. Outlining helps visualize a paper's potential structure and shows how information supports the thesis. There are two main types of outlines - topic outlines that show relationships at a high level, and sentence outlines that provide more detail using full sentences. The document provides guidelines for creating outlines using Roman numerals, capital letters, and Arabic numerals to structure the different levels of information.

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E N G L I S H F O R A C A D E M I C A N D

P R O F E S S I O N A L P U R P O S E S

outlining
Mrs Aira Pearl Y. Aliwalas
E N G L I S H F O R A C A D E M I C A N D

P R O F E S S I O N A L P U R P O S E S

outlining
Mrs Aira Pearl Y. Aliwalas
Writing is one of
the most
essential skill you
will need as you
deal with your
everyday life.
If you find writing a
little challenging at
this point, there are
strategies which you
can learn to help
you improve this
skill.
WHAT IS OUTLINING?
Outlining is a tool we use in the writing
process to help organize our ideas,
visualize our paper's potential structure, and
to further flesh out and develop points.
WHAT IS OUTLINING?
It allows the writer to understand how he
or she will connect information to support
the thesis statement and the claims of
the paper.
WHAT IS OUTLINING?

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OUTLINING
An outline is a plan for your writing. Outlines give a visual structure to your
work and are used to show relationships and hierarchies within your
content.

It shows what information each section or paragraph will


contain, and in what order. It also includes the main
ideas and show how they are organized and the overall
structure.
THE HAMBURGER FORMAT
To Outline...
You must create a linear,
organized plan for your
paper that shows the main
ideas that you will discuss
as well as their relationships
within the paper.
To organize your idea in an
outline, you must begin by
answering the question that leads
to your thesis statement.

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ORGANIZING YOUR IDEA IN AN OUTLINE

1. Begin by answering
the question that 3. Write subtopics
leads to your thesis for each main idea.
statement.
2. Use the two or 4. Write the
three main ideas supporting details
from this technique for each of the
as your main subtopics.
heading.
OUTLINE has two kinds:
TOPIC SENTENCE
OUTLINE OUTLINE
A topic outline helps you A sentence outline goes
see a larger picture into the detail of the
through a series paper, hence, makes use
of short phrases of full sentences.

These two types of outline follows a certain format as well, using


Roman and Arabic numerals along with capital and small letters of
the alphabet.
Guidelines in CREATING THE OUTLINE
the process
1. Place your introduction and thesis statement at the beginning, under roman numeral I.
2. Use roman numerals (II, III, IV, V, etc.) to identify main points that develop the thesis
statement.
3. Use capital letters (A, B, C, D, etc.) to divide your main points into parts.
4. Use arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.) if you need to subdivide any As, Bs, or Cs into
smaller parts.
5. End with the final roman numeral expressing your idea for your conclusion.
the BASIC OUTLINE FORM
It is up to the writer to
decide on how many main
ideas and supporting
ideas adequately describe
the subject. However,
traditional form
dictates that if there is
a I in the outline, there
has to be a II; if there is
an A, there has to be a
B; and so forth.
EXAMPLE TOPIC OUTLINE
I. Family Problems
A. Custodial: Non-custodial Conflicts
B. Extended Family
C. Adolescent's Age

II. Economic Problems


A. Child Support
B. Women's Job Training
C. Lower Standard of Living
D. Possible Relocation
1. Poorer Neighborhood
2. New School

III. Peer Problems


A. Loss of Friends
B. Relationships with Others
Thank you!

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