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Lecture II—Outline Summary Goals To understand the definition to and functions of a thesis statement (and topic sentences). To understand the general composition of an exposition. To learn sentence skills of conciseness. To master key words from texts. Lecture II—Outline Summary Writing an outline Writing a summary Assignments Part I: Writing an Outline Basic knowledge on writing an outline Further understanding about writing an outline through the text Work out an outline for your own writing Activity Following are ten topics. Work out a topic outline for any 3 of them. Outline There are two commonly used types of outlines: the topic outline and the sentence outline. All entries in a topic outline consist of nouns and their modifiers, or their equivalents, i.e., gerund phrases or infinitive phrases, whereas the entries in a sentence outline are complete sentences. Exercise: Work in group and compare the two versions of outlines, trying to tell: Which is the topic outline and which is the sentence one? Which of the following features go with the topic outline? brief an instant overview of the entire paper a detailed plan of the paper clear Text ComprehensionResource: Book 1—Unit 3 Text A Public Attitudes toward Science Fast-read the text and locate the thesis statement. Read the text again, then group work and complete the sentence outline. Language practice Collocation Translation (Word-formation, skip if no time) Review: thesis statement Effective essays center around a thesis, or main point, that a writer wishes to express. This central idea is usually presented as a thesis statement in an essay’s introductory paragraph. A good thesis statement does two things. It tells readers an essay’s topic. It presents the writer’s attitude, opinion, idea, or point about that topic. Topic sentence Each of the supporting paragraphs should begin with a topic sentence that states the point to be detailed in that paragraph. Just as a thesis provides a focus for a