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How to Create an Effective Outline

An outline is a tool for organizing written ideas about a topic or thesis into a logical structure, serving as a blueprint for a paper. It includes components like the paper title, thesis statement, major points in Roman numerals, and support for those points in capital letters. There are various types of outlines, such as phrase, sentence, and topical outlines, each serving different organizational purposes.

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How to Create an Effective Outline

An outline is a tool for organizing written ideas about a topic or thesis into a logical structure, serving as a blueprint for a paper. It includes components like the paper title, thesis statement, major points in Roman numerals, and support for those points in capital letters. There are various types of outlines, such as phrase, sentence, and topical outlines, each serving different organizational purposes.

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OUTLINE

Outline
- tool used to organize written ideas about a topic or thesis into logical order
- “blueprint” or “plan” for your paper

Components of An Outline
• Paper Title
• Thesis Statement
• Major Points/arguments - in Roman Numerals (I, II, III, etc.)
• Support for major points - in Capital Letters (A, B, C, etc.)

Alphanumeric Outline - outline that uses letters and numbers


- Roman Numerals - represents main ideas to be covered in the paper in the order they will be
presented
- Uppercase Letters - represents subtopics within main ideas
- Arabic Numbers - represents details within subtopics
- Lowercase Letters - represents details within subdivision

Types of Outlines:
• Phrase Outline - topic & subtopics are written as phrases
• Sentence Outline - outline is written in sentences
• Topical Outline - according to topic/question each subtopic is trying to answer

* Keep in mind that the Roman numerals and alphabetical notes in


outlines represent the order of the paragraph in the essay
(ex. I. means 1st paragraph, and so on)
* The arrangement of the topics/paragraphs in the outline must be
written EXACTLY as the finished essay.

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