Effective Outlining
STEP 1:
Brainstorming: List the major concepts/ideas related to your topic. Under each, free-write words or phrases related to those concepts/ideas.-The major concepts and ideas in my topic are to how to explain the importance of the volleyball vocabulary words, and to let the reader know what each word means. Dig, set, and spike are the three main vocabulary words used in my essay. Dig, set, kill, positions, description of how to do each movement.
Listing difficult questions: Make a list of a few questions related to your topic that you think would be very challenging to answer. Your thesis should come from one of these questions so that it represents both a topic AND an assertion.- What do the three main words dig, set, spike in volleyball mean? How do they work? Why should I know the words?
STEP 2:
Identify your audience: In one complete sentence, describe the audience for whom this piece of writing is intended. – The audience I’m intending to inform would be people who want to get into the sport, or young girls just getting into volleyball.
Decide on your organizational plan: Will you structure your paragraphs in chronological order, description, criteria, categorical order, order of importance, order of appeals? In one complete sentence explain which organizational plan you will use.- I will organize my paragraphs, and essay in description, and categorical order.
STEP 3:
Outlining the body:
The Essay on Word Erudite Topic Looked Dictionary
Erudite is a misunderstood word. Several adult, when asked to define erudite were found to be sadly misinformed. One adult answered that erudite was like, " Fred Astaire, with a top hat." Another misinformed adult said that an erudite man is one that, "thinks he is better than everyone else." Answers such as these are most obviously wrong. One fifth of the adults surveyed answer with a resounding, ...
***You may have 3 body paragraphs or more. In a compare and contrast essay, you may only have 2 body paragraphs—one for similarities and one for differences. Why do we choose 3 body paragraphs in the first place? Perhaps we feel 3 reasons is enough proof to win an argument.
I. -Dig
A. Provide details, proof, and/or appeals, which support your main point.
1. Analysis of point. Explain to the reader how to dig the ball, and what digging in the sport is.
B. More details. “the digger quickly moves her feet and arms to the position the ball is being driven”
1. Analysis of point. . break down step by step what the digger does in her action.
C. More details. “She then passes the ball with a shoulder wide, athletic stance; her legs are bent about ninety degrees for balance; and arms out together in front of the body ready to receive the ball.”
1. Analysis of point. Explain what happens after the digger receives the ball.
II. -Set
A. Provide details, proof, and/or appeals, which support your main point.
1. Analysis of point. Explain to the reader how to set the ball, and what setting is.
B. More details. “The setter then must quickly move to where the ball is being passed, plant her feet left then right, and raise her arms with a slight bend ready for the ball to drop to her.”
1. Analysis of point. Explain the importance of how the setter needs to know the game on both sides of the court.
C. More details. “The position is also hard because the setter is constantly thinking of many different scenarios, trying to confuse the opposing team.”
1. Analysis of point. Tell the reader what happens after she sets the ball
III. -Spike
A. Provide details, proof, and/or appeals, which support your main point.
1. Analysis of point. Explain to the reader how to spike the ball, and how it works.
B. More details. “As she is in the air she reaches for the ball with her hand, makes contact with the ball, and sends the ball forcefully over the net.”
1. Analysis of point. Tell the reader about what happens when a spike hits the floor with no one touching it.
C. More details.” Killing consists of not only a spike, but a spike that nobody touches.”
1. Analysis of point. The reader may understand the importance of the key terms because the terminology won’t make since in the game if you don’t understand it.
The Essay on Point Of View Reader Story Odyssey
A Comparative Study Of The Point Of View In The Epic Poem And In The Play As Used By Homer And So pho The two works, The Odyssey and Oedipus Rex both exhibit different styles of writing; the first being an epic poem and the second being a tragic play. These styles are evidently both rather different, however they both seem to be rather effective as those works have withstood the ravages of time. ...
