Lesson 8-9 - Outline Flashcards
It is a design to follow when writing a structure, a discourse, or an article.
outline
In writing, it helps the writer identify what to include and not to include.
outline
It is the process of organizing one’s ideas in a logical way.
outline
Nouns should be made parallel with nouns, verbs with verbs
parallelism
enable the reader to
recognize similarity and function
parallelism
this is an example of what general principle?
Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth
parallelism
Items of equal significance in the same category or label should observe the same level of numbering.
coordination
what is commonly used in outlining the headings?
Roman Numerals
what is commonly used in outlining the subheadings?
Arabic letters
Though it is the most important and least important details, the writer should distinguish
major and minor components of the outline.
Subordination
The basic rule is to have two or more parts and this division should be based on
rank/level/category.
Division
What are the general guidelines in writing an outline?
- Place the title at the center above the outline.
- Every level of the outline must have at least two items (I and II, A and B, 1 and 2).
- Put a period after each numeral and letter.
- Indent each new level of the outline.
- All items of one kind (roman numerals, capital letters, Arabic numerals) should line up with each other.
- Capitalize the first letter of each item.
- The terms Introduction, Body, and Conclusion do not have to be included in the outline. They are not topics;
they are merely organizational units in the writer’s mind.
4 general principles in outlining
- Parallelism
- Coordination
- Subordination
- Division
What are the 3 types of outline
- ALPHANUMERIC OUTLINE
- DECIMAL OUTLINE
- SENTENCE OUTLINE
Alphanumeric outline is consist of?
Roman numerals, Capital letters, Arabic letters, small letters
decimal outline is consist of?
numbers, decimal point
sentence outline is consist of?
sentences and also uses same format as alphanumeric outline
It is the most common type of outline. It combines the use of Roman Numerals, numbers, and letters.
ALPHANUMERIC OUTLINE
It uses decimal points to show the coordination, subordination, and division of ideas in an outline.
DECIMAL OUTLINE
It uses sentences to organize the major and minor details in an outline. It is often accompanied by an
APA reference list on a separate page. Quotes within the outline must also utilize APA in-text citations.
SENTENCE OUTLINE
this is an example of what type of outline?
I. Dr. Kris Pister, a professor in the robotics lab at the University of California at Berkeley, originally conceived
the idea of smart dust in 1998 as part of a project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA).
A. According to a 2001 article written by Bret Warneke, Matt Last, Brian Liebowitz, and Kris Pister titled
“Smart Dust: Communicating with a Cubic-Millimeter Computer” published in Computer, Pister’s goal
was to build a device that contained a built-in sensor, communication device, and a small computer that
could be integrated into a cubic millimeter package.
B. For comparison purposes, Doug Steel, in a 2005 white paper titled “Smart Dust” written for C. T. Bauer
College of Business at the University of Houston, noted that a single grain of rice has a volume of five
cubic millimeters.
1. Each individual piece of dust, called a mote, would then have the ability to interact with other
motes and supercomputers.
2. As Steve Lohr wrote in the January 30, 2010, edition of the New York Times in an article titled
“Smart Dust? Not Quite, But We’re Getting There,” smart dust could eventually consist of “Tiny
digital sensors, strewn around the glove, gathering all sorts of information and communicating
with powerful computer networks to monitor, measure, and understand the physical world in
new ways.”
II. Because smart dust was originally conceptualized under a grant from DARPA, military uses of smart dust
have been widely theorized and examined.
SENTENCE OUTLINE
this is an example of what type of outline?
Literary Genres
1.0 Conventional Literary Genres
1.1 Prose Fiction
1.1.1 Short Story
1.1.2 Novel
1.2. Non-fiction Prose
1.2.1 Informal Essay
1.2.2 Formal Essay
1.3. Drama
1.3.1 Closet Drama
1.3.2 Monologue
1.4. Poetry
1.4.1 Lyric Poetry
1.4.1.1 Song
1.4.1.2 Ode
1.4.2 Dramatic Poetry
2.0. 21st Century Literary Genres
2.1 Text-Talk Novel
2.2 Chic Literature
decimal outline
