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 Outline on Outlining the Body of a Writing
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  An Outline is an ordered listing of the topics covered in the project  
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  An outline will help prevent 
      - needless straying from the pt
      - or overdev one topic, while skimping on another
      - confusing ordering of pts
 
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  For most outlines, there should bea minimum of 3 levels, ie
1.  first level
     1.1.   second level
              1.1.1  third level
                   1.1.1.1.  fourth level
                        1.1.1.1.1.  fifth level
                             1.1.1.1.1.1  sixth level
Obviously, there may be many other levels, but it is not recommended going beyond 6 levels. 
 
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  The first levels should cover the major sections of the assignment by Topic, and/or by Types of Analyses   
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The Logical Conventions of the Outline is that levels move from the general to the specific
 
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Higher levels of the outline make general points 
 
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  Lower levess make points which support the general point  
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The idea of any writing is to make assertions that are supported by concrete examples & specific details.  If you have ideas that are not supported, an outline will make this painfully clear
 
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In an outline, every category should be subdivided at least once
 
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  The most detailed and comprehensive part of the outline is in the body of the paper  
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  In the body, in the social sciences, one may use either the topic outline or types of analysis outline  
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  The parallelism in an outline can be covered in either a topic outline, a type of analysis outline, or a combination of both  
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  In the outline per se, use similar grammatical form in the Outline Proper
1.1.  Uses of socialization in the family
         1.1.  For gender identification
         1.2.  For value foundation
         1.3.  For control
 
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  Improper
1.  Uses of socialization in the family
         1.1.  Gender identification
         1.2.  For value foundation
         1.3.  To help society control individuals
 
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  For most projects in the social sciences ( oral, written, etc ),  the highest level of ranking should be the major parts of a research paper  
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Types of outlines
 
 
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           Topic outline
 
 
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           Sentence outline
 
 
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           Paragraph outline
 
 
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           Research project outline
 
 
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Decimal notation of an outline
 
 
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See the outline required for your particular assignment
Within each major part of an assignment, outlines should be made
 
 
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  1.  Title page
2.  Table of contents
3.  Thesis statement or hypothesis
4.  Summary/introduction
5.  Body of the paper ( including the sub-sections )
     5.1.  Literature review
     5.2.  Methods ( read main syllabus to see if this is required ) 
     5.3.  Summary of Results
     5.4.  Analysis of Results by Topic or Type of Analysis
             5.4.1. Socio-historical analysis
             5.4.2. Other Type of Analysis:  Narrative, Descriptive, etc.
             5.4.3. Data Analysis if Primary Data Collection was conducted
             5.4.4. Expectations for the Future 
             5.4.5. Recommendations of Social Policy 
6.  Summary/conclusion
7.  Appendices 
8.  Bibliography 
   

 
  See Also:
 
  An Example Outline on Safety in Wildland Firefighting
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  An Example Outline on the Draft Proposal  
  An Example Outline on the Final Proposal  
  Outline on the HIC Proposal
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  Outline on the Term Paper
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