Skills Lesson: Creating and Using Outlines Practice and Quiz

Explain the difference between alphanumeric, full-sentence, and decimal outlines.

Alphanumeric outlines use roman numerals, capitalized letter, Arabic numerals and lowercase letters. Full-sentence outlines are alphanumeric but use full sentences. Decimal outlines are similar to alphanumeric outlines but uses decimal notations.

Read the outline below and answer the question that follows. Thesis statement: Although many young people want to leave their family home immediately after high school, the transition can be quite difficult. I. cooking A. How much does it cost? B. How much time/effort does it require? c. how healthy is it II. cleaning a. Common areas a. Bathroom b. Clothes 3. bill-paying A. creating a budget B. Planning for future expenses What changes would you need to make to the outline to make it follow correct outline structure?

Bathroom and clothes would not be under the topic of common areas. They would all be under topic of cleaning. The outline would be. a. common areas, b. bathroom, c. clothes.

Explain how to create a useful outline.

Develop a working thesis statement. Brainstorm ideas that you want to include in your paper. Group related ideas together and order ideas effectively. Label ideas using main and subheading

Read the outline below and answer the question that follows. Thesis statement: Although many young people want to leave their family home immediately after high school, the transition can be quite difficult. I. Cooking A. How much does it cost? B. __________ C. How healthy is it? II. Cleaning A. Common areas B. Bathroom C. Clothes III. Bill-paying A. Creating a budget B. Planning for future expenses Which of the following would best complete the missing piece of the outline?

How much time/effort does it require?

All of the following are parallel in structure with "crying over the loss of my boyfriend" except __________.

I felt so bad yesterday afternoon

Create an outline for this thesis statement: "A teenager interested in being among the nearly 8 million teens who hold part-time employment should use the following tips to find job leads." Use the following pieces in the outline: signs, personal contacts, Internet ads, family members, employer leads, school counselor, friends, employment agencies, trusted adults.

I. Employer leads A. signs B. employer leads C. employment agencies D. Internet ads II. personal contacts A. family members B. school counselor. C. friends D. trusted adults

Read the outline below and answer the question that follows. Thesis statement: Drive-through facilities, while innovative, have had a negative impact on American society. I. Uniformity of culture A. Pervasiveness of national franchises B. __________ II. De-personalization of relationships A. Pharmacies B. Banks III. Sacrifice of quality for convenience A. Food/drink establishments 1. Fast-food restaurants 2. Coffee shops B. Religious institutions Which of the following would best complete the missing piece of the outline?

Loss of local businesses

Read the outline below and answer the question that follows. Thesis statement: Although many young people want to leave their family home immediately after high school, the transition can be quite difficult. I. Cooking A. How much does it cost? B. How much time/effort does it require? C. How healthy is it? II. Cleaning A. Common areas B. Bathroom C. Clothes III. Bill-paying A. Creating a budget B. __________ Which of the following would best complete the missing piece of the outline?

Planning for future expenses

Read the outline below and answer the question that follows. Thesis statement: Drive-through facilities, while innovative, have had a negative impact on American society. I. Uniformity of culture A. Pervasiveness of national franchises B. Loss of local businesses II. De-personalization of relationships A. Pharmacies B. Banks III. __________ A. Food/drink establishments 1. Fast-food restaurants 2. Coffee shops B. Religious institutions What would complete the missing piece of the outline best?

Sacrifice of quality for convenience

Explain the outline structure in detail, including the four characteristics of the body of an outline.

The four characteristics of the body of an outline is parallelism, coordination, subordination, and division.

How would you change "to drive to the grocery store" to make it parallel with "reading my mom's list of instructions"?

by changing "to drive" to "driving"

Which word group shows parallelism? coffee mugs, soup bowls, salad plates camera, pack my suitcase, to hug my mom my favorite restaurant, playing music, walk to the park watch TV, lying down on my bed, solitaire on the computer

coffee mugs, soup bowls, salad plates

All of the following are parallel in structure with "writing the final essay" except __________.

have someone edit your work

If we say that outlines should make use of "subordination," we mean that __________.

headings should be general, while subheadings should be more specific

All of the following are parallel in structure with "novel" except __________.

reading

Which word group shows parallelism? purple sunglasses, wearing striped shorts, I saw her pink lipstick seashells, squishing my toes in the sand, stung by a jellyfish to take a warm shower, to dry myself off, to comb my wet hair bright blue sky, lying in the hot sun, when the cloud floated over

to take a warm shower, to dry myself off, to comb my wet hair

Which word group shows parallelism?

to type on the computer, to write in my notebook, to talk into my voice recorder

All of the following word groups show parallelism except __________.

to vacuum the house, dusting the shelves, clean and scrub

When dividing a heading in an outline, it should be divided into __________.

two or more parts

All of the following are steps in creating a useful outline except __________.

writing the rough draft of an essay