Outlines

How do we create outlines?

Outlines are ordered based on numbers and letters

Outlines are ordered based on numbers and letters

I. Roman Numeral

A. Capital Letter

1. Standard Numeral

a). lowercase letter with parenthesis

II. New main topic? Back to Roman Numerals!

Why do we do outlines?

We outline to keep our readings organized

Academic papers follow a certain order

1. Main Idea

2. Supporting Details

3. Additional support

When we outline, it helps us to discover the important details and to decide what details are unimportant.

Important things to remember

Outlines are about ORGANIZATION

They follow the order of the story, they do NOT jump around from the beginning to the end to the middle, and back to the beginning.

Outlines are NOT paragraphs

Information in outlines should be short, clear, and can be fragments.

Outlines are about CONTENT WORDS

An outline heading is not generally a short preposition, article, modal verb, pronoun, or conjunction

Outline Homework

Patty Hearst, "Great Crimes", pg 34

Patty Hearst, "Great Crimes", pg 34

We can use the text to fill in the blanks

Remember: The answers follow the order of the text!

Patty Hearst Outline

Patty Hearst Outline

What is an outline?

An outline is a graphic organizer

Outline Sample

Outline Sample

Outline Structure: