Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
Step1
Write the working title of your paper at the top of a blank sheet of paper. The working title does not need to be the one you use for your final paper; "Midterm Paper" or "History Paper" will suffice.
Step2
Beneath the working title, write a few lines about the goal of the paper and the steps you will take to achieve that goal. For example: 'In this paper, I will show the secrets of a successful and happy life, using scholarly journals from psychologists and veterinarians.'
Step3
Follow the summary with a statement of your paper's thesis ' for example, 'Owning a dog can make one's life healthier and happier.'
Step4
Begin to lay down the basic framework for your paper by dividing its content into sections.
Step5
Start by writing either an Arabic or Roman numeral 1 - depending on your style of outline - followed by a period, then the title of the section (a "section heading"). In an informal outline use Arabic numerals; in a formal outline use Roman numerals.
Step6
Write a few lines describing what you wish to accomplish in the section.
Step7
Use subsections to list specific examples or topics that you wish to discuss under each heading. Mark them with a lowercase letter (a, b, c and so on).
Step8
Follow this format for each section heading, then put the sections in the following general order: introduction, body, conclusion.
Comments
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 Line up all the A's and B's throughout paper and the ones and twos and so on. Also if you have an A you MUST have a B. If theirs a one their must be a two, and so on throughout the entire outline a good outline is about five pages! Have fun.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Line up all the A's and B's throughout paper and the ones and twos and so on. Also if you have an A you MUST have a B. If theirs a one their must be a two, and so on throughout the entire outline a good outline is about five pages! Have fun.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 This is the University of Chicago Press outline-style sequence: I. A. 1. a) (1) (a) i). Of course, if you need a I, then you at need at least a II as well. The i) is followed by ii), iii), iv) - like in book prefaces.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 I think that there are numbers(e.g. 1, 2, 3 ... etc.) that go beneath the A, B, and C subheadings. Thank you and buh bye!