Writing Skill

Outline Writing

An outline is a general plan of what you are going to write. You can compare making an outline to drawing plans to build a house. Before one begins to build a house, it is best to draw up plans to make sure that a house is built in the way you want. The same is true with writing an essay and making an outline. An outline will help make your essay more organized. A careful plan will help your body paragraphs stay focused on the ideas in your thesis statement. The process of writing an outline is as follows:

1. Understand the viewpoint of the essay;

2. Think what aspects the essay should be explained;

3. Analyze message, find out key words that dominate the theme;

4. Explore and develop your ideas;

5. Consider what examples will be used to support the theme;

6. Write an outline.