MAKING A LIST

MAKING A LIST After you have selected the subject of your paper,make a list of subtopic that you belive are important to your subject. List your subtopics in the order of importance. COLLECT IDEAS Once you have settled on a topic,jot down ideas freely for a few minutes, asking yourself questionson the subject. Then sort out the best material under paragraph headings and in a logical sequence. Let this serve as your outline, the plan to follow as you write. The order of ideas is important. What should come first? Second? Third? The best order is the clearst order, arrangement that readers can follow with the least effort. No plan in superior to another one provided you have a valid reason for using it. The plan least likely to succeed is the other one,the one in which you state and develop ideas in the random order they happened to come to mind. It’s better to rank your ideas in the order of importance. Although your best argument may be listed first in your notes, save it for last on the essay. In other words, work toward your best point, not a way to plot three good ideas is to lead with the second best one, save the best for the end, and sandwich your least powerful idea between the others. This structure recognizes that the end and the beginning of the essay are its most critical parts.