chapter outline
Chapter's structural skeleton
A chapter outline is a structured summary of a chapter's contents, listing main points, sections, or arguments in the order they appear.
Writers use chapter outlines to plan books before drafting; students create them to study or comprehend assigned reading.
The professor required a chapter outline for each week's material.
The term applies to both planning documents and after-the-fact summaries.
- sectionDistinct divided part
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- headingsLabels for text sections
subheadings · topic sentences · main points · draft · writing process · thesis · notes · skeleton · blueprint · manuscript · paragraphs · introduction · conclusion · narrative · plot · story arc · synopsis · breakdown
- study aidstutor, note cards, CliffsNotes, crib sheet, study guides
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
- Writing Processbrainstorm, notes, research, rough draft, first draft
- writing toolspen, pencil, ballpoint pens, fountain pens, gel pens
- document formattingmargins, headers, footers, headings, subheadings
- prepublicationgalley, galley proof, galleys, proofs, advance copy