Chapter six focuses on outlining and the different ways to include information in your paper. When outlining there are eight different styles that can be used depending on how you plan on organizing your argument. These styles range from chronological and problem-solution to narrative. Each of these styles have cases that they best suit. For example, the illustrative style emphasizes examples of patterns. The chapter discusses different ways to include information such as references in your paper and how to integrate research sources. The different options given for integrating information are summarizing, paraphrasing, and the use of direct quotes. Within the chapter an outline by Dexian Cai is featured as an example. This outline consists of the major points that he is going to make within his paper. Each point listed has an explanation of the purpose of that point and the references, if any, that support the point. Along with the references, Dexian Cai also proiveds the citations for the points. When developing a paper, outlining is a powerful tool used to organize your thoughts, develop the basis to support your arguments and document the supporting reference material. An outline also helps develop the flow of the information in your paper.
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