Writing Assignment and Checklist: Evaluating Your Outline

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Create an outline using your topic sentence or thesis statement along with the primary support points and supporting details you have developed in this chapter. Arrange your ideas according to time order, space order, or order of importance.

Question

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Create an outline using your topic sentence or thesis statement along with the primary support points and supporting details you have developed in this chapter. Arrange your ideas according to time order, space order, or order of importance.

After creating your outline, complete the following checklist.

CHECKLIST

Evaluating Your Outline

  • It includes my topic sentence or thesis statement.
  • It includes at least three supporting points.
  • Each supporting point has at least one supporting detail.
  • It is organized according to time order, space order, or order of importance.
  • If required by my instructor, it is prepared in formal outline format.

You now have a clear main point with support, organized in a logical way. In the next chapter you will begin drafting your paragraph or essay.