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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Outline VS Summarize

Are outline and summarize synonyms?
  

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No. An outline is an ordered list of major points and subpoints in an article or essay, given in outline style. These are usually not sentences, but titles.

  • No.
  • An outline is an ordered list of major points and subpoints in an article or essay, given in outline style.
  • These are usually not sentences, but titles.
  • I.
  • First Main point a.
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No.
An outline is an ordered list of major points and subpoints in an article or essay, given in outline style. These are usually not sentences, but titles.

I. First Main point
a. First sub-point
b. Second sub-point
i. First sub-sub-point
ii.

....
II. Second main point
a.
b.
...

A summary is one or
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Hi,

Here are a couple of brief comments.



outline - shows the overall idea or 'shape' or 'structure' briefly.



summary - is a short version of something that is longer.



For example, if you are writing an essay, you can do an outline before you write the essay. But a summary sounds like something you'd do after the full

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