Paragraph Outline Form

Spring 2001_161

Instructor: Buthaina Al Othman

Last Updated: Spring 2003

Standard Form of Paragraph Outlining

Main Parts of a Paragraph:

1)    Topic sentence.

2)     Supporting points + Supporting details.

3)    Concluding sentence.

Academic Paragraph Outline Form

I. Topic sentence: ____________________

A) Supporting point: ___________________

o Supporting detail: ________________

B) Supporting Point: ___________________

o Supporting detail: ________________

C) Supporting Point: ___________________

o Supporting detail: __________________

II. Concluding sentence: _______________

See an Example of How to use this form.

Note: A paragraph consists of a number of sentences. A short paragraph includes 3 sentences while a long one consists of 20 to 25 sentences.The number of supporting points, (main ideas) and details,(specific information), usually,determines the number of sentences in a paragraph. The more points and specific details, the writer provides,the more sentences he/she is to write.