Outstanding with Outlining

The importance of outlining:

• Organizes your thoughts
• gives you a place to start
• Alleviates the stress of starting a paper
• And it can show you how much work is already done 🙂

When starting your outline

• look for target words within the prompt to further understand what it is the your professor wants
  • Persuade
  • Narrative
  • Argumentative
• Brainstorm ideas
• “Write a shitty first draft to get shit out”- Erica Salmonson, visiting instructor of English

Don’t forget transition words, here are just a few:

• First of All
• Therefore
• In conclusion
• Lastly
• Afterwards
• On the other Hand
• In Addition

“Google is your friend” – Erica Salmonson 

Click on the link below to download your own working outline template!!

Creating an Outline

If you have any further question talk to your TRIO academic counselor!