im doing outlines in my speech class..this is what ours looks like

I. statement

a. suporting detail

i. if needed..to support the suporting detail

ii. if needded to support the supporting detail

b. supporting detail

i. if needed to support the supporting detail above

ii. if needed

II. statement

a. supporting detail

i. if needed to support the supporting detail above

ii. if needed…

b. supporting detail

i. if needed to support the supporting detail above

ii. if needed…

just some advice…where there is an a there must be a b…so there should be at least to supprting details…id need more help…let me know

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An outline is like a sketch of what the paper is about.

I am thnking you need to look at your text book if you do not know what an outline is.

an outline is just your main,rough ideas. It gives the whole picture, but is a little more concrete. 😉

outline breaks the chapter down, titles, subtitles…

here is sample outline it should expain everything

assuming you had a 5 paragraph essay (you can do this without 5 paragraphs. if you need more help, you can ask me :D)

I. thesis sentence

A. supporting detail

B. supporting detail

C. supporting detail

II. supporting detail placed in the thesis sentence

A. supporting details

B. supporting details

C. supporting details

do the same for your next 2 paragraphs as you did in II.

V. thesis sentence restated

A. supporting detail

B. supporting detail

C. supporting detail

It is a map where you put your thoughts together and to add structure to your work