Compare and contrast topic and sentence outline

1. MRS. EMMALYN F. QUILING
Reading
and Writing
Skills

2. OUTLINE
(TOPIC & SENTENCE)
Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information

3. Objectives:
Define outline;
Apply topic and sentence outline as techniques
in selecting and organizing information; and
Appreciate the importance of outlining in
selecting and organizing a text

4. OUTLINE

5. Outline
• is another way of organizing
information. It organizes
materials hierarchically and
sequentially by classifying the
main topics, subtopics, and
supporting details.

6. Outline
• is a snapshot of your paper
, capturing
the important points. It helps you to take
your paper from a clear introduction to a
logical conclusion, supported by your
research is essentially a guide to writing
your paper
, something like an of
assembly instructions.

7. Outline
• is a general plan on what we are going
to write. You can compare making an
outline to drawing plans to build a
house. Before one begins build a house,
it is best to draw up plans to make sure
that a house is built in the way you want.
The same is true with writing an outline.

8. Structure
• Use “Roman Numerals” for the top-level,
‘capital letters’ in the alphabet for the
next level, ‘Arabic Numerals’ for the next
level, and then ‘lowercase letters’ for the
next level. Each numeral or letter is
followed by a period, and each item is
capitalized.

10. Types of Outline
TOPIC OUTLINE SENTENCE OUTLINE
- It is brief.
- It makes use of word,
words, or phrases.
- Its parallel structure
reveals the logic that
you’ll follow in your
paper
- It is specific rather than
simply generalizing.
- It makes use of
sentences and end
punctuations.

11. SAMPLE OF TOPIC OUTLINE

12. SAMPLE OF SENTENCE OUTLINE

13. Tips in Outlining
• Donotmixtopicandsentenceoutlinemethod
• Indentproperly.
• Inasentenceoutline,begineachpointwitha
CAPITALLETTERandplaceaperiodaftereach
division,number
,orletter
,andattheendofthe
sentence.
• Inatopicoutline,begineachpointwithaCAPITAL
LETTERandplaceaperiodaftereachdivision,
number
,orletter
.DONOTplaceperiodsafterideas.
• Striveforparallelwordingamongoutlinetopics
andsub-topics.

14. APPLICATION

15. In a 1/4sheet of paper, make an outline using the data below and
distinguish the two types of outlining.
1. Read the words and phrase below, decide which of the two name the
general category or main topics. Next find the words that name the
subtopics that go under each of the main topics. Finally decide which
words and phrases could be sub-subtopics of the sub topics listed.
2. In 3-5 sentences, describe the difference between topic outline and
sentence outline.

16. ASSIGNMENT

17. 1. Make a sentence outline on their ambition in
life in a 1 whole sheet of paper applying the
structure and making a sentence outline.