Using Internet Resources to Improve Your Outlining Skill

Use the following sites to help you develop an outline for your next speech. Depending on your needs, one of these URLs should help you develop a clear, logical speech structure.

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/Handouts/general/gl_outlin.html
  Developing an Outline. This site provides general guidance on how to develop an outline.
  

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/Handouts/general/gl_outlins.html
  A Sample Outline. This site provides a detailed sample of an outline for a research paper; it can also help you develop a correct outline for your next speech.
  

• http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/linksorganizing.htm#cubing
  Alternative Outline Strategies and Structures. This site provides links to a variety of other sites that offer information about and examples of such outlining strategies as clustering, mapping, and cubing.
  

• http://www.Richmond.edu/~writing/wweb/cluster.htm
  Alternative Outline Strategies and Structures. Clustering is a technique that allows you to explore and connect many ideas as soon as they occur to you.
  

• http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/class1.html
  Alternative Outline Strategies and Structures. Concept mapping, discussed on this site, can help you develop a strategy for classifying ideas.
  

• http://www.richmond.edu/~writing/wweb/cubing.hml
  Alternative Outline Strategies and Structures. Cubing is a technique that allows a writer or speaker to explore various aspects of a topic, rethinking the topic in a variety of ways.
  

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