Outlining

OutliningTheroleoftheoutlineAnoutlineisanorderlyplan,inwriting,showingthedivisionandarrangementofideas.Itsprincipalfunctionistoindicatetherelationshipsideastoeachother,toshowwhichareimportantandwhicharesubordinate.Anoutlineiswrittenbeforethetextofapaper.Itisimportanttowriteanoutlinebecauseitkeepsideasfirmlyinmind,evenifwritingthepapertakesalongtimeletsyourearrangeideaswithoutdifficultyshowyouhowpartsandtransitionsfittogetherexposesstrengthsandweaknessesintimetomakejudgmentsbeforewritingTypesofoutlineTherearefourkindsofformaloutlines:topicoutline,sentenceoutline,combinationoutlineandparagraphoutline.Formatsofoutlines1.number-lettersequenceI.ApplessaleA.Lastyear1.greenapples.a.bigones.b.smallones.2.redapplesB.Thisyear.II.Pearlssale.2.decimal(带小数的)outline1.themen1.1thefirstman1.1.1thefirstwhitemanConventionandcontentofoutlinesI.Themostgeneralconventionofoutliningistouseandsticktouseaconsistentform.1.numbersandlettersareusedalternately2.symbolinanoutlinemustalwaysappearatleastinpairs3.everysymbolinanoutlineisfollowedbyaperiod4.capitalizethefirstletterofthefirstwordaftereverysymbol5.grammaticallycompletesentencesrequirenormalsentencepunctuation6.allsymbolsofthesamekindshouldbeinverticalline7.beginsucceedinglinesofwritingunderthestartofthefirstwordafterasymbol8.typeanoutlineindoublespacingII.themostimportantpartofanoutlineiswhatyouputintoit.Herearesomeguidesformakingthecontentofyouroutlinemeaningfulandthereforehelpfultoyourwriting.1.everywordintheoutlineshouldsaysomethingaboutthecontentofyourpaper2.theinformationforeachsubheadingmustbedirectlyrelatedto,andsubordinateto,theheadingunderwhichitappears3.makerelationshipclearbyusingthesamesymbolforideasofequalimportance4.onlyprincipalpointsappearinanoutlinemostusefulprinciplesforstructuringaresearchpaperare: