Please use these online resources below to learn more about outlines:
Purdue OWL’s “Sample Outlines”Links to an external site.
The Pearson “Writing in Action” video titled, “Outlining with a Word Processor” can assist you in easily formatting your outline.
Notice that many of these resources have links to other resources that will be relevant to you later in the semester, such as essay writing, thesis statements, body paragraphs, conclusions.
ASSIGNMENT DIRECTIONS & REQUIREMENTS
Create a complete, formatted, alphanumeric outline (see Purdue OWL “Sample Outlines” document above for format) of “THE THEATER OF THE PEOPLE.”
Your outline should be 3-4 pages long to be complete (i.e. include all main ideas and appropriate supporting detail).
Include definitions (words in bold), section figures, and readings (and their titles) in your outline.
Include all key supporting details for each section.
Provide an appropriate level of detail for each item you include. So, for example, provide a few words of description, definition, or explanation instead of just supplying one word, a name, or a term.
Do not simply type in the text: put details and ideas in your own words.
Do not quote textbook narrative (though if it includes an important quotation from an author, historical figure, etc., you may include that).
Follow the OWL alphanumeric format (link above) closely for numbers, letters, indentation, capitalization, etc.
The following example gives you the shell of an outline for the Chapter 5 section “THE GOOD LIFE AND THE POLITICS OF ATHENS” (Sayre 142-144). Do not outline this section – this is just an example. For your outline, you will provide actual supporting detail and completely fill in all sections (I have “supporting detail 1,” “supporting detail 2,” etc. so you get the idea of what type of information should be there). Notice how points A-E correspond to the main ideas/topics in each paragraph.
I. Introduction
A. Agora
1. Supporting Detail 1
a. Figures:
i. Map 1 “Athens as it appeared in the late 5th cenntury BCE”
ii. Figure 2 “The Stoa of Attalus, Athens, Greece. 150 BCE”
b. Supporting Detail 2
c. Supporting Detail 3
B. Aristotle’s eudaimonia and the polis
1. Supporting Detail 1
2. Supporting Detail 2
3. Supporting Detail 3
C. Politics and democracy
1. Supporting Detail 1
2. Supporting Detail 2
3. Supporting Detail 3
D. Council of Five Hundred and citizen convention
1. Supporting Detail 1
2. Supporting Detail 2
3. Supporting Detail 3
E. Athenian citizens
1. Supporting Detail 1
2. Supporting Detail 2
3. Supporting Detail 3
II. Slaves and Metics
same as above
III. The Women of Athens
same as above
* I will provide screenshots of the text (“THE THEATER OF THE PEOPLE.”) that you will use for this outline assignment.
*make sure to use purdue styled outline, like the example the instructor has provided
*No ai, and use original words, don’t just copy the text from the text.
* i will provide the link to the purdue writing style that you will use below this line
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/developing_an_outline/types_of_outlines.html
