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What is an outline?
A list of information you will put in your essay
The shape of your essay
The first paragraph that introduces your topic and ideas.
A drawing in your essay
Which of the following is not true
An outline begins the essay's thesis statement.
An outline shows the organisation of the essay
An outline shows what order the ideas will be discussed (1st, 2nd etc)
An outline ends with the essay's conclusion
An outline includes many long sentences
When should you write the outline?
at the end of writing your essay
at the beginning of writing your essay
while you are writing your essay
(Select all that are true.) Writing an outline before you write an essay will...
show you what to write before you begin writing.
help make your essay well organised and clearly focussed.
keep you from forgetting any important points.
make the essay take longer to write.
prevent spelling mistakes and grammar errors.
What does fleshing it out mean?
When you eat too much and put on too much weight.
When you make your essay as long as possible.
When you add more information to your outline.
When you go through your essay and fix mistakes.
What do you need to do before you write your outline? (Answers on p.64)
Open a word document on your computer.
Write the body paragraphs
Decide on a topic and gather your ideas.
Write the introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
Why do we use different types of numbers and letters in an outline?
to show the organisation of ideas and avoid confusion.
to help the reader understand the essay.
because, lots of different numbers make the outline look more interesting.
because numbers are easier to remember than words.
Which of the following is an example of a roman numeral?
III.
3
C
Ɵ
In and outline what are Roman numerals used for?
to give details for your supporting points
to fill in more information for your body paragraphs
to show your main points
Which of the following ideas would a capital roman letter (A, B, C etc) be used to show in an outline?
Conclusion
First supporting point
First detail
Introduction
True or False. You should have the same number of details for every supporting point
True
False
True or False. You should start with the details before you write your main ideas
True
False
True or False. You should write all of your main ideas before you start writing more details.
True
False
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