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Lesson 2 Lecture

An outline is a tool for organizing written ideas logically, with types including sentence outlines and topic outlines based on the writer's purpose. A sentence outline presents details in sentence form, while a topic outline uses words and phrases. Additionally, sources of information are categorized into primary sources, which are firsthand accounts, and secondary sources, which analyze or comment on primary sources.

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Lesson 2 Lecture

An outline is a tool for organizing written ideas logically, with types including sentence outlines and topic outlines based on the writer's purpose. A sentence outline presents details in sentence form, while a topic outline uses words and phrases. Additionally, sources of information are categorized into primary sources, which are firsthand accounts, and secondary sources, which analyze or comment on primary sources.

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Lesson 2 – Outlining: Sentence and Topic Outline

What is an outline?

➢ An outline is a tool for improving and organizing written ideas about a topic into a logical order. Writers use
outlines when writing their papers to know which topic to cover and in what order.

What are the types of outlines?

➢ The type of outline to be used by the writer depends on the nature of the topic and the purpose of the writer.
Topics that are information-heavy may require more major topics and subtopics since the writer’s purpose
is to be as informative as possible. However, if the writer wants to be persuasive, an outline should only
accommodate what is important to the audience’s needs.

1. Sentence Outline

• It is an outline that presents the thesis statement, major topics, subtopics, and supporting details
in sentence form.

• It allows you to include those details in the sentences instead of having to create an outline of many
short phrases that go on page after page.

• Also, it follows a hierarchical structure composed of sentences and headings around the subject of
the speech or essay.

• These characters are used in this order in bullet formatting:

✓ Roman Numerals

✓ Capitalized Letters

✓ Arabic Numerals

✓ Lowercase Letters

2. Topic Outline
1. It is an outline that presents the major topics, subtopics, and supporting details in words and phrases.

Five Steps in Writing an Outline Contents/Parts of an Outline

Sources of Information

1. Primary sources are firsthand information taken from original evidence such as reports on discoveries and
events and interviews from persons in authority.
Examples of primary sources include:
✓ diaries, letter correspondence,
✓ Original documents e.g. birth certificates, trial records
✓ interviews, speeches, oral histories
2. Secondary sources are secondhand information taken from the primary sources.
Examples of secondary sources include:
✓ journal articles that comment on or analyze research
✓ textbooks
✓ dictionaries and encyclopedias
✓ books that interpret, analyze

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