...Topic Sentence and Informal Outline Sean Heffernan GEN/195 March 06, 2012 John Borio Topic Sentence and Informal Outline It is essential to know how to write a topic sentence properly. A topic sentence conveys the main sentence of a paragraph and describes the content of the paragraph. An informal outline consists of the major and minor ideas reviewed or discussed within the literature. An informal outline organizes thoughts yet stays away from repetition. Informal Outline Although people come from different races, cultures, ages, and backgrounds, it is important for people to live a constructive and successful life at home, workplace, learning environment, and community. Personal ethics starts at home and carries over to every aspect in a person’s life. More successful people have a strong self-awareness and a strong educational background. • People need to have good ethics. • Displaying personal ethics at home carries over to school, workplace, and community. • Developing good personal ethics helps people advance personal gain and become more effective in various aspects of life. Conclusion People come from different walks of life. No mater where a person comes from, everyone at some point in his or her life needs to learn what good ethics consists of. Good ethics that begin at home progresses into other aspects of life. People who display good ethics have a better understanding of how to attain personal goals. More successful people have strong...
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...need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability in this area is limited. Thank you for using WritePoint. Associate Program Material Appendix F Outline and Thesis Statement Guide What is your organizational method – point-by-point or subject-by-subject? [Writing suggestion: Unless in a quote or a title, avoid rhetorical questions in academic writing. A good idea is to provide answers, not questions] Online verse Traditional Education What is your thesis statement? Online education provides a chance for people in a variety of situations to have access to education and maybe affordable than a traditional education. Introduction Education online has emerged with the introduction of the World Wide Web to the populace. The web has created the convenience of being [Doctoral rule (but good advice for any academic writer)--If not a noun (as in "human being"), the word "Being" is hard to imagine; it means "existing." Try to rewrite this without using "being"--with action words like "attending," "working," "living," "experiencing," simply "as"--or even removing "being" completely] able to do everything online and from the safety of your own home or office. This convenience includes shopping for anything from groceries to clothes to furniture and to researching topics for school reports, business ideas, and to meeting and making friends. Everything seems to be possible with the use of the Internet, and an...
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...Appendix H Topic Sentence and Informal Outline Worksheet Using the Center for Writing Excellence and MyFoundationsLab resources, provide the topic sentence and informal outline for your Personal Ethics Statement. • Topic sentence: Even though some may believe good personal ethics are not necessary in aworkplace, people do, in fact, need good ethics to conduct a healthy and successful workplace or educational setting. When good ethics are conducted in a workplace,these personal ethics will also flourish in a personal setting with friends and family. • Informal outline: Introductory Paragraph Even though some may believe good personal ethics are not necessary in a workplace, people do, in fact, need good ethics to conduct a healthy and successful workplace or educational setting. When good ethics are conducted in a workplace, these personal ethics will also flourish in a personal setting with friends and family. Body Paragraph #1 Forms of good personal ethics people can follow. Body Paragraph #2 When good personal ethics are conducted in a workplace, these personal ethics will also flourish in a personal setting with friends and family. Body Paragraph #3 People need good personal ethics in order to advance their career and gain probability that they can perform properly and effectively. Conclusion In conclusion, some people should not conclude that having good personal ethics are not necessary in a workplace, and only in your personal life...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix H Topic Sentence and Informal Outline Worksheet Using the Center for Writing Excellence and MyFoundationsLab resources, provide the topic sentence and informal outline for your Personal Ethics Statement. • Topic sentence: Many people believe that having good personal ethics is not as important as it used to be. However, ethics are what make a person who they are and how they live their daily lives. A person’s personal ethics are the ideas that they believe are the most important to them, such as honesty, integrity, and morals. • Informal outline: Personal ethics are a person’s beliefs about their morals and knowing right from wrong. Having good personal ethics is important when it comes to family, every day society, work and school. Most people who have good personal ethics are likely to be honest in their personal lives and chances are they will also be honest in their professional life as well. Teaching personal ethics within your family is a very important part of many cultures and different family units. In many cases this is where adults have learned their ethics from such things as honesty, integrity, and morals. Ethics in a way can also become traditions and a way of life. Ethics in the workplace and school are important because it creates a safe and secure environment for everyone around. While at school and work there are certain rules that are in place to make sure that everyone...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix H Topic Sentence and Informal Outline Worksheet Using the Center for Writing Excellence and MyFoundationsLab resources, provide the topic sentence and informal outline for your Personal Ethics Statement. • Topic sentence: People need good personal ethics because; good personal ethics are needed for a healthy and successful workplace for example like running a business or educational setting like college or high school . The good ethics that are in a work place will help with the personal ethics with your personal life and with friends and family. • Informal outline: • Introduction Paragraph • People need good personal ethics because; good personal ethics are needed for a healthy and successful workplace for example like running a business or educational setting like college or high school .The good ethics that are conducted in a work place will help with the personal ethics with your friends and personal life with friends and family. • Body Paragraph 1 good personal ethics people can follow. • Body Paragraph 2 good ethics that are in a work place will help with the personal ethics with your personal life with friends, family and people in general. • Body Paragraph 3 People need good personal ethics in order to advance their career and to help them gain respect • In conclusion, People need good personal ethics because; good personal ethics are needed for a healthy and successful workplace...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix H Topic Sentence and Informal Outline Worksheet Using the Center for Writing Excellence and MyFoundationsLab resources, provide the topic sentence and informal outline for your Personal Ethics Statement. • Topic sentence: Obesity has a deep impact in the life of a child. • Informal outline: 1. Explain how obesity affects the child's physical health. 2. Explain how obesity affects the child's mental health. 3. Give ideas of how parents can be involved in the change of habits in the obese child. 5. Summarize why obesity has a deep impact in the life of a child. Obesity has a deep impact in the life of a child, physically, and mentally as well. An obese child is at risk of having health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease, and strokes as an adult, if he or she is not treated in an early age. An overweight child can be a target for bullying at school, making his or her social life poor, creating anxiety, depression, and lowering their self esteem. The parents play an important role in the life of an obese child. does not matter if the child is obese because a genetic factor, or just because his or her does not have a proper eating habit, the condition it is treatable. Encourage the child to follow a healthy diet, being an example for him or her, and being supportive, are examples of how a parent can be involve in the life of an obese child. Taking obesity in a child seriously, and trying to find ways to improve...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix H Topic Sentence and Informal Outline Worksheet Using the Center for Writing Excellence and MyFoundationsLab resources, provide the topic sentence and informal outline for your Personal Ethics Statement. • Topic sentence: There are some people out there that believe good personal ethics are not important at work or when one is in an educational setting. But that is not true at all but at the end of the day it’s very important that every, male and female have good personal ethics. When it come down to it again its everyone need good ethics in order for. He or she to be and a healthy and successful educational setting. • Informal outline: • It’s very important that he or she have very good personal ethics and a place of work and also a educational setting. There are many people who say to their kids and others that. Personal ethics is not necessary in a work place or educational settings. • Body paragraph 1 I will talk about the different forms of good personal ethics people can do. • Body paragraph 2 When a person learns about good personal ethics they will do very well and, the work place also and a educational setting. • Body paragraph 3 He or she will always need good work place personal ethics to do well in a educational setting. People will always need to show that he or she have good personal ethics to. Have a better career and perform very well and a work place or educational setting...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix H Topic Sentence and Informal Outline Worksheet Using the Center for Writing Excellence and MyFoundationsLab resources, provide the topic sentence and informal outline for your Personal Ethics Statement. Topic sentence: * Ethics play a role in everyone’s life. * Informal outline: Introductory Paragraph: Ethics play a role in everyone’s life. I like to think that my ethical perspective is not only displayed in an educational environment, but at home and in public as well. One should have a positive ethical perspective in all environments within which they find themselves. Ethics boils down to not only knowing the difference between right and wrong, but also displaying to your environment that you know the difference between right and wrong. Body Paragraph 1: I will discuss what it means to possess a positive ethical perspective and the positive impact it has on my peers and me in the classroom environment. Body Paragraph 2: I will discuss my ethical perspective as it pertains to an educational environment, as well as work and home environment. Body Paragraph 3: I will define good ethical character. I will also discuss how it relates to all areas of life, and how a large part of possessing good ethical character deals with honesty. Conclusion: Having a positive ethical perspective will determine how successful you will be in life ranging from the classroom environment to the home environment...
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...writing process is prewriting, an informal way of writing down initial thoughts about your writing subject. There are many different types of prewriting techniques, including the following: • Freewriting: You know you have to write a paper, but when you sit down to prewrite, nothing comes to mind. The best advice is to just start freewriting. Ask yourself the 5ws and 1h: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Write about anything you think of for a period of time (about 10 minutes) or to a certain length—perhaps one entire page—to spark the thought process. Connect a word to a previous word or to another word it suggests or take off on a tangent that comes to mind. Keep at it—without stopping to reread, edit, or judge—even if you have to write the same word repeatedly. • Brainstorming: Similar to freewriting, brainstorming is more compressed and focused. This technique also involves writing without stopping. The goal is to generate ideas about your assignment’s subject without any thought to organization. The tricky part is not stopping to correct the paper or to take a break. Just keep writing for the time allotted or until the page is full. • Listing: This technique involves making a list of your ideas, which are usually short notes on your thoughts and may appear similar to an informal outline. • Clustering or Mind-Mapping: This technique displays the relationship between ideas through drawing. Begin with your general topic in the middle of a page and draw...
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...University of Phoenix Material Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet In this course, you will write a 1,050- to 1,400-word comprehensive Continuing Academic Success essay, due in Week 5. The Week 5 essay will help you apply what you learned in this course and take responsibility for your success in your education and your career. Please review the requirements for the Week 5 assignment to become familiar with the instructions. Starting this week, and in the weeks to come, we will be building upon an outline with a thesis statement, subtopics, and research to assist in your final paper. For this week, using the Center for Writing Excellence resources, provide your thesis statement and begin creating the informal outline for your Continuing Academic Success essay assignment. Include the following in your outline this week: The benefit of creating educational goals, including at least one educational goal you set for yourself Your personal learning style, as well as how knowing your learning style can help you be successful as you move through your program and career How the writing process can help you advance your education and career Which resources, inside and outside of the university, you can use to help you reach your goals and make you more successful An explanation of the importance of academic integrity Thesis Statement This is a one-sentence summary of your Week 5 paper that will be based on the bulleted items above. College is a time...
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...Study for English Final * Informal Language: spontaneous speech in situations that are described as “natural” using slang, contractions and abbreviations * Examples of informal language: yo, what’s up, hey Informal language is impolite. Abbreviations (lol) (ttyl) Basic words (not specific) such as (bad, good, stuff things, a lot) Contractions (it’s, can’t, shouldn’t) * Formal language: speech in situations that are described to be professional or proper * Examples of formal language: hello, good after noon, how are you * Context clues: words surrounding a word that you may not know and the words around it might give you glues on what the word mean or whole sentence. * Independent clause: are complete sentences and can stand on it’s own Example of an independent clause: The plant on the front porch died. * Dependent clause: is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can’t stand-alone. Example of an dependent clause: If I don’t come by noon. * How to separate a sentence into 2 sentences (3 ways) 1. Add a comma + coordinating conjunction 2. Semicolon 3. Make 1 independent clause into a dependent clause * Examples (3) 1. I was uplate, so I am tired. 2. I was uplate; I am tired. 3. Because I was uplate, I am tired. * Figurative language: Non-literal language (not meant to be taken serious) Refers to something not possible or not likely * Examples of...
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...Study Unit Improving Your Writing When you complete this study unit, you’ll be able to • Identify your audience, medium, and purpose • Focus your ideas • Organize your material • Plan both informal and formal writing projects • Use words, punctuation, and sentences to achieve the effect you want • Revise, edit, and proofread to make your final copy accurate, professional, and attractive Preview Preview Writing a strong letter to apply for a job or putting together a convincing argument for a business report requires more than a collection of nouns, verbs, and punctuation. Good communication skills include the basics, of course, but proper planning, a pleasant style, and close attention to detail also count. This study unit is designed to help you make the best use of the writing tools you already have by making them work for you as you plan, develop, revise, and present your work. iii 1 Prewriting Organizing Your Material Patterns of Organization Outline Options Developing an Outline The Formal Outline 2 6 6 9 11 16 WRITING YOUR DOCUMENT 21 Types of Writing Key Considerations Writing the First Draft STRENGTHENING YOUR STYLE How to Give Your Writing Punch Choosing the Right Words Informality and Formality Using Words Properly REVISING, EDITING, AND PROOFREADING Revising Your Writing Editing Your Work Proofreading the Final Draft Presenting Your Work 21 25 33 36 36 ...
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... ( b) Clarity of expression The following points deserve attention. (i) Use of simple words- simple words is more effective than heavy words. (ii) Use concrete expression- these provide visual images which are easy to register so instead of vague generalized statements give definite facts. (iii) Prefer active construction- these are easy to understand other than passive i.e in passive form “ your report will be discussed by the committee’’ but in active form ‘’the committee will discuss your report’’ (iv) Avoid excessive use of infinitive (v) Avoid jargon- these are special languages of a trade or a profession (vi) Avoid ambiguity- this is where a word has more than one meaning (vii) Use short sentences- short sentences are easier to comprehend for they are not complex and do not demand greater concentration as is the case for long ones. (b) Completeness- completeness of facts is absolutely necessary. Incomplete communication leads to ineffectiveness of the action to be taken, irrelevancy, misinterpretation and misunderstanding of the message. This is because it leaves a number of questions unanswered. The message should be well organized in such a way that the reader is not in doubt...
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...Final Paper Outline Name COM 425: Communication in Organizations Instructors Name September 01, 2013 I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement Efficient structural connection will lead to powerful solidarity and the proficiency for workers at all grades of the company to work simultaneously to accomplish business goals. Productive organizational connections will supply workers the information, organization and affirmative work atmosphere they require to seem at ease when handling confrontation and settling matters effectively. II. Body Paragraph #1 – Topic Sentence #1 (Active Listening) Communication is a process where we share our feelings, thoughts, experience, ideas, suggestions, and feedback. A. Supporting Evidence 1. “Some people are naturally good listeners, but there are also techniques that can be used to nurture these attributes, and build on our listening skills.” (Bryant, 2009). B. Explanation Before communicating with other people, we usually think about how to speak, what to say, when to speak, and how to respond to what you are hearing. C. So What? The process of communication does not need to be the same because it’s not necessary to follow any particular definition or explanation. It can be explained on the basis of our knowledge and belief. The process of communication helps you understand organizational communication because it helps you understand other people in the way that you communicate...
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...Benefits of relationships with these contacts include…Team leader will be asked to mentor Felicia for possible succession to the role of facilitator. Per Theory A, these actions will contribute to Felicia’s sense of belongingness by…” Notice how in the above example, the writing has eliminated first person pronouns by rephrasing. - Sources – Use APA to cite/reference and other sources. Use the skills learned in weeks 4 and 5. Go to your online library. Find academic scholarly peer reviewed articles to support and justify all opinions. Back-up opinions and observations with the experts. Paraphrase all. No quotes are allowed. HEADINGS AND TOPIC SENTENCES: To ensure full credit, do not include the boldface headings that appear in the outlines for your papers. Be sure, however, that you do outline as you plan your paper. Planning is a key to success. Also remember that all papers in your 571 class must be submitted to GROWS before submitting for grading. Manage your time accordingly. Papers that do not include APA formatted headings may be returned for correction. Late penalties may apply. Submission of Assignment and Evaluation Please submit this final as a Word attachment in the digital Dropbox by 11:59 on the indicated Sunday. - You will receive a grade and feedback within 72 hours from the due date and time. - Twenty percent (20%) of your grade is based on the quality of your writing and eighty percent (80%) is based on the quality...
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