sentence outline

Examples of sentence outline in the following topics:

• Building a Speech: Starting with an Outline

  • Other outlines are very detailed, filling in a skeleton of topic headings with topic sentences, pieces of evidence, and transitions.
  • Many speakers like to brainstorm before making an outline.
  • Topic outlines tend to use keywords and short phrases rather than complete sentences.
  • A sentence outline expresses the central ideas of a speech in complete sentences.
  • Sentence outlines are more detailed than topic outlines, but less detailed than first drafts.

• The Preparation Outline

  • A preparation outline is a precursor to your speech outline.
  • Common outline styles include sentence outlines, topics outlines, chronological outlines, and alphanumeric outlines.
  • While sentence outlines follow a hierarchical structure composed of sentences and headings around the subject of the speech, topics outlines are comprised of topics and subtopics.
  • If, for example, you have separate visual aids for the introduction, main points in the body of your speech, and your conclusion, than using a sentence style for your preparation outline may be more appropriate.
  • Describe the purpose of a preparation outline, and the different preparation outline styles used by speech writers

• Extemporaneous Speeches

  • An outline is a list of items with each item divided into additional sub-items.
  • Each level in an outline has at least two subcategories.
  • There are three basic types of outlines:
  • Sentence outline - Each complete sentence includes a heading or single sentence about the subject of the outline.
  • Speaking notes, topic outlines, and phrase outlines have an advantage over sentence outlines.

• The Rough Draft Outline

  • Outlines help form the skeleton of the speaker's speech.
  • The parts that comprise a rough draft outline are similar to other types of writing outlines.
  • An Introduction: This part of the draft outline should include an intro topic sentence, as well as notes on the argument or point of view of the speech.
  • Your rough draft outline is essentially a technique for organizing and jotting down ideas into a traditional outline format.
  • Describe the role and different components of a rough draft outline

• Defining the Thesis

  • Defining a thesis is essentially constructing the structural outline of your speech.
  • It is typically only one to three sentences long.
  • It's also particularly helpful to give a quick outline of just how you plan to achieve those goals in another few sentences, immediately following your thesis statement.

• Topic Sentences

  • When you created your outline, you wrote your thesis statement and then all the claims you are using to support it.
  • Supporting sentences: examples, details, and explanations that support the topic sentence (and claim).
  • Concluding sentence: gives the paragraph closure by relating the claim back to the topic sentence and thesis statement.
  • (Stylistically speaking, if you wanted to include "Cooking is difficult," you could make it the first sentence, followed by the topic sentence.
  • It just shouldn't be the topic sentence.)

• Thematic Modules

  • The following diagrams outline the key internal characteristics and functional role of the various theme types presented in William Caplin's Classical Form.

• Approaches to Your Body Paragraphs

  • You decided on the order of these points during the outline phase, but as you write you may choose to reorder them for maximum impact.
  • Like your thesis, each topic sentence is an arguable statement, not a fact.
  • Check, too, to see whether the topic sentence is arguable and clear. 
  • Your concluding sentence will often have an echo of the topic sentence in it while moving the reader forward to the next topic.
  • You might decide to have a concluding sentence and then a transition sentence.

• Structure of a Sentence

• Classification of Sentences