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What is an
outline?
An outline is a formal system used to
organize your paper.
For example, you can use it to
see whether your ideas connect to each other, what
order of ideas works best, or whether you have
sufficient evidence to support each of your points.

Outlines can be useful for any paper to

help you see the overall picture.
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I. Introduction -- Thesis Statement (Topic of the entire text)
A. Detail
1.Supporting detail
1.1 Example on detail
1.2 Second example

II. Topic sentence 1st paragraph (Topic of that paragraph)

Structure A. Detail

of the III. Topic sentence 2nd paragraph (Topic of that paragraph)

A. Detail
1. Supporting detail
Outline
IV. Topic sentence 3rd paragraph (Topic of that paragraph)
A. Detail
1.Supporting detail
1.1 Example on detail
1.2 Second example

VI. Conclusion (Revisit the TS)

A. Details on whole text
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Topic
Outline

The topic outline consists of few words or

short phrases.
It is particularly useful when you are dealing
with a number of different issues that could
be arranged in a variety of ways in your
paper.
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Sentence
Outline
The sentence outline is done in full
sentences. It is normally used when your
paper focuses on complex details.

The sentence outline is especially useful for

this kind of paper because sentences
themselves have many of the details in
them.
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