Delaware County Community College English 100

Writing from Reading Instructor: Peter Crooke

Creating Your Outline A Guide

Now that you have your thesis, it is time to build your outline.  Once the outline is complete, you can confidently start your writing.  You will need your notes for this because they will help you build your ideas.  Remember to give credit if you use someone else's idea.  Keep each entry to a word or short phrase.

Write your thesis here:

What are your major topic?  Put together, these topics will "add up" to your thesis.

What are your subtopics?  Put together, these subtopics will "add up" to your major topic.

I:

A:

B:

C:

II:

A:

B:

C:

III:

A:

B:

C:

IV:

A:

B:

C: