A paper with proper organization is a better paper, as chapter 13 of the Bedford Researcher explains. When a reader can expect what will happen next in your document, they will be more engaged and interested. Choosing an organization pattern is one step in organizing your document. The Bedford Researcher has 10 examples of different organization patterns. By comparing your topic to the different organization patterns, it is easy to see what is the best fit. Organizing your evidence with labels, groups, or clusters can help you stay focused and keep your ideas together. With all of your evidence coordinated, you can go on to create an outline: first informal, then formal.
The last section of chapter 13 is very useful for what we are doing in class right now. As we create our outlines for the final research paper, these tips and instructions are just what I need. Having examples of the transitions from informal to formal topical and sentence outlines is really nice to see. Being able to really connect how the different outlines help an author succeed in writing an actual draft of their paper is interesting and makes writing an outline easier for me.
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