Chapter 4 Shape an Outline

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1、1ShapeanOutlineLeadinAlltheprocessinwhichwehavetakengreateffortstocollectmaterialsisto“write”.Brainstorm:Whatshouldwedofirstbeforewebeginwriting?Makeupanoutline2ShapeaFrameworkInthisstage,weshould:makeaframeworkfirst:Thatistodecidefromwhichsidestowriteandhowmanypartsweareg

2、oingtowrite,andhowmanysmallerpartsaregoingtobewrittenineachpart.Thekeyistousethelogicalwaytomakeeachpartorganizetogetherandeachofthemcan’tbereversedandeachofthemcan’tbecutoff,andeachpartshouldbeenteredonthetheme.3WriteanOutlinemakeanoutline:Thatistowriteouttheframework.Gen

3、erallyspeaking,anoutlinecontainsthreelevels:----------------------------------------------------TitleIntroduction→1-2paragraphs↗Part1→factsanddetailsBody→Part2→factsanddetails↘Part3→factsanddetailsConclusion→1-2paragraphs----------------------------------------------------

4、---4MoreaboutOutlineInthebody,wecanalsoillustrateasbelow:-----------------------------------------------------↗Argument→factsanddetailsTheme→Argument→factsanddetails↘Argument→factsanddetails------------------------------------------------------5WhytoWriteanOutlineDiscussio

5、nWhyisitnecessarytowriteanoutlinebeforewewriteathesis?Itcanhelpthewriter:combinetheseparatematerialsintoawholebodyandconsiderthelogicalrelationshipofthematerialsfindoutwhatthewriterstilldon’tknowclearlyaboutandwhatmaterialsarestillneededtocollectandtothinkabout.decidewhich

6、materialswillbeusedandwhichmaterialswillbeleftout.6ConsiderationDiscussion:Whichisbetter,abriefoutline,oradetailedoutline?themoredetailedtheoutlineis,theeasierthewritingcouldbecontrolled.So,sometimes,agoodoutlineismadeupofallofthetopicsentencesofeachpart.7DeductiveMethod&I

7、nductiveMethodWhatisdeductivemethodandwhatisinductivemethod?Remembertomakegooduseofthetwomethodstodeveloptheprocessofraisingargumentsinthesiswritingtomakethestatementmorelogicallyandpersuasive.Deductivemethod:ArgumentsbeforefactsInductivemethod:Factsbeforearguments8Assignm

8、entContinuereadingthecoursebookTrytothinkout2-3titlesforyourselectedsubject.9