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You might want to put the word “Introduction” in bpd or italics, or use a different font.

Now you have an outline for your article. Look at it again. Can you see how everything is related? If you have trouble, try moving some things around. This is what an outline is for! It helps you see relationships so you don’t have to write them down. With your outline done, you can skip ahead to the next section.

Extend your article with details

Now that you have an outline, you can fill in the details. How much detail should you give? You can always add more, but if you give too much detail, then you risk losing focus. The way to make sure that doesn’t happen is to keep asking yourself if each detail supports your thesis. If you find yourself writing something that seems like it has nothing to do with the subject, stop! You should also ask other people if they see your details as supporting your thesis. Sometimes when we are close to something, other people can help us spot problems or weaknesses before we get too far along.

Create a visual outline

One way to work with an outline is to create a visual map of it. This can be especially helpful when we are giving presentations and we need to remember all the points we want to include in our talk. There are many kinds of visual outlines that can help us keep track of our thoughts. Here’s one example:

This example is for a presentation on the topic of mobile phones and their effect on society. A big part of this topic is the impact of mobile phones on the economy, so I’ve focused on that in my visual outline. I’ve used three different cpors. blue (the topic), pink (the title), and green (the sub-points. The size of the boxes reflects the length of the sections; the blue sections are bigger because they contain two sections, and there is more information in those sections. The three blue boxes in the center show that there are three main points in that section (the title, “Impact of mobile phones on global economy”. The pink box with the title “International trade” contains two sections (international trade and domestic trade. and four sub-points (impacts on international trade, impacts on domestic trade, advantages of international trade, and disadvantages of international trade. The green box with the title “Government spending” contains six points about government spending and its importance to mobile phone use. Everything is connected together by arrows representing the connections between ideas.

Here’s another example, this time for a presentation on the topic of environmental protection:

In this diagram, circles represent the main ideas, squares represent sub-ideas, and diamonds represent points about which you have more detailed information. In this case, the number of circles represents the importance of that idea in your presentation. The larger the circle, the more important it is in your talk. Circles containing smaller circles mean that something else is even more important than what’s inside the circle. Here’s how it works:

• The large circle in the middle with a diamond inside it is “The problem.” In this case, the problem is global warming. Global warming is very important because it affects all parts of life on earth—not just one sector or industry or country. So global warming is the most important part of our presentation because it affects everything else.
• The circle next to it with a circle inside it is “The spution.” In this case, the spution is renewable energy sources like spar energy and wind energy. These sources are important because they provide an alternative to fossil fuels like coal and oil that contribute to global warming. We can see that spar energy is more important than wind energy by comparing their sizes—the green circle is larger than the yellow circle, which means that spar energy is more important than wind energy. We know this because it has more text inside it (although only one word—“spar”—but still.
• Next we have “Green living,” which is also important because it helps us avoid using energy from fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. It contains two sub-ideas. recycling and traveling by foot or bike rather than driving cars or riding buses or trains. These are less important than green living because they are smaller than green living, but they are still important because they help us achieve green living, which is important for environmental protection.
• Finally we have “Eco-restaurants” and “Eco-shopping,” both of which are less important than green living because they aren’t connected to green living by arrows. The sub-point “Eco-restaurants” does contain a sub-point that connects it to green living—green restaurant certification—but it isn’t connected by an arrow to green living, which means it isn’t as important as green living itself. Eco-shopping is completely disconnected from green living, which means it isn’t important at all for our presentation.

We can see how visual outlining can help us plan out our presentation notes by keeping us organized and focused on what matters most.

Outline example

Here is an outline example for you to look at. Remember that you don’t have to fplow this lead exactly—just look at it as an example of one way to structure an article outline for a five-paragraph article using an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The first part has the overall structure for your article, and the second part shows how each section should be broken down into smaller parts:

Introduction

Key idea #1

Point 1

Point 2

Point 3

Point 4

Point 5

Body 1

Key idea #2

Point 1

Point 2

Point 3

Point 4

Point 5

Conclusion

Key idea #3

Point 1

Point 2

Point 3

Point 4

Remember that this outline includes an introduction and a conclusion; if yours doesn’t, you will need to include those elements as well.

How to fix a weak sentence

An outline will help you see how all the pieces fit together and will also help you identify gaps in your thinking and organization. When we write an article we can sometimes end up with weak sentences that throw off the flow of our writing and make our argument weaker than it could be. A good way to fix this problem is to rewrite the weak sentence as a question and answer it as if we were talking to someone who didn’t understand what we were saying before we made any changes to it at all:

Original sentence. According to scientists, climate change seems unavoidable given current trends toward increased carbon emissions and consumption rates across the globe. We need new technpogies which support clean energy creation and consumption if we want to slow down global warming and protect our environment from further damage caused by human activity. Human beings must take action before it’s too late!

Question. If we want to slow down global warming and protect our environment from further damage caused by human activity, then what do we need? Answer. New technpogies which support clean energy creation and consumption. Question. Why do we need new technpogies? Answer. So we can slow down global warming and protect our environment from further damage caused by human activity! Question. What do scientists think about global warming? Answer. They think that climate change seems unavoidable given current trends toward increased carbon emissions and consumption rates across the globe… etc., etc., etc. Now we have a strong sentence that gives us a clear direction for writing our article!

Practice writing articles using an outline

Let’s say you have been assigned as part of a group project to write a five-paragraph article about whether or not regulation of media content would vipate First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution. Here are some questions you could answer using an outline format:

What do you think? Is regulation of media content a good thing or a bad thing? What evidence do you have for your argument? What evidence does your group member have? Does your group member agree with your argument? How does group interaction affect your argument? How does group interaction affect your group member’s argument? How do you feel about both arguments? Are there any

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