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Lesson - 35
Dr.Surriya Shaffi Mir
B. Science /Medical
Science / Space
Exploration
1.Jot down ideas as they occur to you.
2.Arrange these ideas in a satisfactory natural or
logical order with headings and sub-headings.
You may find that some of the ideas which
you have jotted down are not included
because they do not fit in with the purpose.
3. Label your headings and sub-headings carefully:
Main headings: I, II, III…………
Sub-headings: A, B, C……………….
Further sub-divisions: 1, 2, 3,
4. Indent: i.e. set down the outline as follows
I………………………………………
A………………………..
B………………………..
II……………………………………….
A………………………….
1…………………………….
2…………………………….
B………………………………….
C…………………………………
III………………………………………
Subject: Travel
Ideas: Means of travel (bus, train, aeroplane, car,
etc… )
A particular journey – Peshawar?
“To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.”
(R.L. Stevenson)
Bacon’s ‘Essay on Travel’, Other travel books
Educational value, Holidays , People you meet
People you meet, Countries I should like to visit,
What to see, Language problem, Haj
Customs of the people , Preparation
Outline: Guiding purpose: Personal: Why I
should like to travel.
I.Value of Travel
‘ Travel in the younger sort is part of
education; in the elder, a part of experience’--
Bacon
A. Knowledge from books e.g. ‘From Oxus to
Jumna
B. Knowledge from experience – visiting
Iran, Afghanistan
Pleasures of Travel
A. Seeing new place
1. Cities, buildings
2. Countryside
3. Historical sites
B. Meeting new people
1. Customs
2. Languages
III. Methods of Travel
A. car, bus, train – see the country, meet the
people (takes longer)
B. Aeroplane (get there quicker).
Desire to Travel
A. Why I want to travel
B. Where I want to go
V. Preparations for Travel – passport, visa, buy
ticket
Note 1: Each heading is expressed in phrase/word
2. Parallel points have parallel wording.
I. II, III, IV, V are all Noun phrases
II A: seeing II. B. meeting
IV. A: why IV B. where
3. Do not allow headings to overlap.
4. Do not coordinate any heading which should
be subordinated & vice versa.
Do not make a single heading or sub heading
anywhere in the outline. e.g. where you have I you
must have II & similarly if you put A, there must be at
least B, and if 1 at least 2.
The outline provides for a prompt beginning (in this
case a quotation) and ending (the buying of a ticket)
but information is given about these, and they are not
labeled Introduction and Conclusion.