OCG533, Fall 2001
Homework assignment 16, due 26 October 2001
Outlining
Find the outlining feature on your word-processing program and learn how to use it, including any keyboard commands for promoting and demoting individual entries if present (WordPerfect). Then outline two or three paragraphs on some topic that interests you, scientific or otherwise. Each paragraph should have several sentences. Then create a few blank lines above the outline and begin to write your paragraphs. Write a sentence from the first entry in your outline, then delete that entry. Do the same for the second sentence, and so on. You may wish to repeat the exercise two or three times until you feel comfortable with this procedure. Note how the bottom of your writing always corresponds to the top of the outline—you are always writing directly above the “fresh” material in the outline. Come to class Friday ready to share your newfound tips about outlining with the others.