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Composing an Essay Outline: Try to Use a Sample

When you are beginning to write an essay, you should always make an outline first. This way, you have all your researched ideas laid out, which makes composing the essay easier.  The outline is the backbone to your essay, it helps it hold it up and keeps everything straight. 

Composing an Essay Outline

• When you are getting ready to make an outline, you want to make sure you have all of your research done, so you can incorporate it into the outline.  You might even want to make a research outline as well so you know what you want to research, and don’t miss something.
• When you are writing your essay you want to make sure that you are using information that is relevant to the essay.  You don’t want to set it up wrong and have to redo it because you went off subject. 
• Now it’s time to pick what kind of outline you will be using, there are a few different kinds of outlines you can use.  Some use numbers, roman numerals, upper and lower case letters, and even just bullets.  You can choose what kind fits you, unless you have to do one a certain way.

Samples Can Help

• If you are unsure of how to write an outline or don’t know how to do the one that you were assigned, then finding samples of ones can be a big help.
• If you need a certain type, you can Google that kind and find samples all over the internet. 
• Samples help you because then you will know how to do it and it will show you what you should be putting in yours.  Most college and university sites have very good examples of outlines. 
• You might even have samples in your textbook as well that you can refer to when you are writing your outline.  If they don’t, you can print a few samples off the internet to hold onto for future reference. 

Samples are a great way to learn something that you don’t know already.  Samples can even come in handy if you don’t know how to do your essay as well.  Finding samples for both will ensure that you prepare and write the best essay you can and this will help you learn the right way to do it the first time.