You have a start to your outline. You need to provide details/specifics.
5. Treatment options
A. Surgery
B. Medication
Or (worse yet)
5. Treatment Options
A. One treatment option
B. Another treatment option
I want you to provide more details, such as listing out the types of surgeries, or the medication classifications.
i. The more information like this that your provide, the better your final project will be. Ignore the ?one page? limit if you need to! I am more concerned about quality and sufficient information, and less about length!
ii. You are also welcome to change aspects of your outline if, as you do more research, you discover a treatment option that is in the experimental phase, or is newer, and that you didn't know about. Your plans for your paper may change as you research!
Below is the example of how the right outline should be.
The most common type of outline is an alphanumeric outline, or an outline that uses letters and numbers in the following order:
I. Roman Numerals
A. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, etc.
B. Represent main ideas to be covered in the paper in the order they will be presented
II. Uppercase Letters
A. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, etc.
B. Represent subtopics within each main idea
III. Arabic Numbers
A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc.
B. Represent details or subdivisions within subtopics
IV. Lowercase Letters
A. a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, l, m, etc.
B. Represent details within subdivisions
Outline with main ideas, subtopics, subdivisions and details:
Thesis: Drugs should be legalized.
I. Legalization of drugs would reduce crime rates
A. Prohibition
1. Before Prohibition, crime rate related to alcohol were low-to-medium
2. During Prohibition, crime rates related to alcohol were high
a. Arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct increase 41%
b. Federal prison population increased 366%
3. After Prohibition, crime rates related to alcohol were very low
B. Amsterdam/Netherlands
1. Before Amsterdam had legalized marijuana, drug-related crime rates were high
2. After Amsterdam had legalized marijuana, drug-related crime rates dropped
II. Legalization of drugs would benefit the economy
A. Taxes
1. Local taxes
2. State taxes
3. Federal taxes
B. Business Owners
1. Drug production
2. Drug quality testing
3. Drug sales
III. Legalization of drugs would benefit public health
A. Quality of drugs would increase
1. Fake/dangerous drugs eliminated
2. Fake/placebo drugs eliminated
3. Amount of active ingredient standardized and stabilized
B. Drug users with addiction issues would get more help
1. Hospitals
2. Clinics
3. Public health clinics
C. Your people would be less likely to start drugs