Topic: Ancient Greece Olympic Games
Graphic Organizer
Formal Outline Graphic Organizer
A formal outline consists of at least three levels of headings: main topics, subtopics, and specific facts. Use these guidelines to you organize your information:
• Main ideas follow Roman numerals and periods.
• Subtopics follow capital letters and periods.
• Specific details follow Arabic numerals and periods.
• More information about the specific details follows lowercase letters and periods.
Note: Your own outline may have more or fewer subtopics, specific details, or additional information in each section. Use this sample as a guideline for formatting and organizing, but feel free to adapt each section to suit your own topic, thesis, and information.
Sample Formal Outline Pattern
Introduction
I. First Main Topic
A. First Subtopic
1. First Specific Detail
2. Second Specific Detail
3. Third Specific Detail
B. Second Subtopic
1. First Specific Detail
2. Second Specific Detail
a. More information about this detail
b. More information about this detail
C. Third Subtopic
1. First Specific Detail
2. Second Specific Detail
a. More information about this detail
b. More information about this detail
II. Second Main Topic
A. First Subtopic
Conclusion
A. Summary or Restatement of Thesis
B. Thought-Provoking Statement
C. Call to Action (optional)