Outline

The outline

There are several reasons why it is a good idea to learn how to outline. Most of the links I have found to outlining stress its value as a writing aid. They tell you how to outline before you begin to write your term paper or essay. You should learn how to outline so that you can organize your writting and make it more effective.All good writing is well organized and most of it begins with an effective outline.Since that it true, the material that you read in your text books and probably the lectures your instructors have prepared and delivered for you also began with outlines. If you take the time to outline the material, either the text or the lecture, you will quickly see how the author put things together. You will understand the connections she sees between the themes and you will find it easier to remember the material.If you throw the outline away at that point, it has still been a valuable learning tool, but there is another reason for oulining. That is as a study aid. You have prepared an outline of the text with the important information in it. You can now review the outline rather than the text when it is time to review and prepare for the test. You can save your outlines and review them again and again. I still have many from my college classes.