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1、DevelopinganOutlineAnoutlineis:·Alogical,generaldescription·Aschematicsummary·Anorganizationalpattern·AvisualandconceptualdesignofyourwritingAnoutlinereflectslogicalthinkingandclearclassification.PurposeGeneral:·AidsintheprocessofwritingSpecific:·Helpsyouorganizeyourid
2、eas·Presentsyourmaterialinalogicalform·Showstherelationshipsamongideasinyourwriting·Constructsanorderedoverviewofyourwriting·DefinesboundariesandgroupsProcessBeforeyoubegin:·Determinethepurposeofyourpaper.·Determinetheaudienceyouarewritingfor.·Developthethesisofyourpap
3、er.Then:·Brainstorm:Listalltheideasthatyouwanttoincludeinyourpaper.·Organize:Grouprelatedideastogether.·Order:Arrangematerialinsubsectionsfromgeneraltospecificorfromabstracttoconcrete.·Label:Createmainandsubheadings.TheoryAnoutlinehasabalancedstructurebasedonthefollowi
4、ngprinciples:·Parallelism·Coordination·Subordination·DivisionParallelismWheneverpossible,inwritinganoutline,coordinateheadsshouldbeexpressedinparallelform.Thatis,nounsshouldbemadeparallelwithnouns,verbformswithverbforms,adjectiveswithadjectives,andsoon(Example:Nouns:co
5、mputers,programs,users;Verbs:tocompute,toprogram,touse;Adjectives:homecomputers,newprograms,experiencedusers).Althoughparallelstructureisdesired,logicalandclearwritingshouldnotbesacrificedsimplytomaintainparallelism.(Forexample,therearetimeswhennounsandgerundsatthesame
6、levelofanoutlineareacceptable.)Reasonablenessandflexibilityofformispreferredtorigidity.CoordinationInoutlining,thoseitemswhichareofequalsignificancehavecomparablenumeralorletterdesignations:anAisequaltoaB,a1toa2,anatoab,etc.Coordinatesshouldbeseenashavingthesamevalue.C
7、oordinationisaprinciplethatenablesawritertomaintainacoherentandconsistentdocument.CorrectcoordinationA.WordprocessingprogramsB.DatabaseprogramsC.SpreadsheetprogramsFaultycoordinationoA.WordprocessingprogramsB.MicrosoftWordC.PageMakerExplanation:Wordisatypeofwordprocess
8、ingprogramandshouldbetreatedasasubdivision.PageMakerisatypeofdesktoppublishingprogram.Onewaytocorrectcoordinationwoul
