Q Informal Outline For the informal outline you need to list the ideas in order you are going to discuss them in your paper. The informal outline is an important step from brainstorming towards drafting your paper. It can help you to try different arrangements of ideas, exclude irrelevant or overlapping ideas, and add missing support. Here are several links that will help you in your work Color Coding https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/color-coding/ Drawing Relations https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/drawing-relationships/ Outlines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZUrlFY84Kw&feature=youtu.be Formal Outline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ57Jh1xdRw Formal outlines arrange your ideas in considerable detail. See a possible format or template: I. First main idea A. First subordinate idea 1. First evidence for subordinate idea a. First detail of evidence. b. Second detail of evidence 2. Second evidence for subordinate idea 3. Third evidence for subordinate idea B. Second subordinate idea II. Second main idea • Your formal outline indicates which ideas are primary and which are subordinate • Parallel headings should represent ideas of equal importance • Single sublevels should be avoided • Main ideas (Roman numerals) are the major divisions of the paper. Each division covers a part of your thesis and will probably take several paragraphs to develop. • Subordinate ideas (capital letters) are the building blocks. These ideas are your own and may take one or more paragraphs to develop. Points of your outline may serve as topic sentences of paragraphs. • Evidence and its detail support each idea. The evidence from one or more sources will probably occupy much of each body paragraph. Thesis Read chapter 3-b in Seagull. What are four steps of developing a thesis statement? 1. 2. 3. 4. Follow the link https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/thesis-statements/ Create a checklist. What questions should you ask yourself in order to determine if you thesis is really good. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.