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The document outlines the three principles of outlining: subordination, division, and parallelism. The principle of subordination establishes main points and subordinate points that support the main points. The principle of division requires topics to be divided into a minimum of two parts. The principle of parallelism states that all main points and subpoints should be approximately equal and displayed in the same grammatical structure. Following these three principles helps create an effective outline for a public speaking presentation.

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The document outlines the three principles of outlining: subordination, division, and parallelism. The principle of subordination establishes main points and subordinate points that support the main points. The principle of division requires topics to be divided into a minimum of two parts. The principle of parallelism states that all main points and subpoints should be approximately equal and displayed in the same grammatical structure. Following these three principles helps create an effective outline for a public speaking presentation.

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Principles of Outlining

* The following is modified from: Carlile, Clark S. and Daniel, Arlie V. (1987). Project Text for
Public Speaking (5th ed.). New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers.

In formulating your outline, you will need to follow the three principles of outlining, which are
subordination, division, and parallelism.

THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBORDINATION


The first principle of outlining is one of isolating main points and subordinate points and
organizing the ideas in the speech to represent that intention. For example, suppose that your
thesis is to give you a glimpse of India’s diversity by looking two aspects of the culture. Your
main points in the body of the speech would then become these two aspects of the
culture. Your subordinate points would be those ideas and concepts that support your main
points.
Subordination indicates that something is less than or is dependent on something else. In an
outline, subordinate points are elements of the main points. These minor points, as they are
sometimes called, should equal the major point if they are all put together.

THE PRINCIPLE OF DIVISION


The second principle of outlining is dividing topics into subordinate areas. Whenever anything
is divided, it is segmented into a minimum of two parts. In an outline, when a topic is divided,
you must also have a minimum of two parts, thus the reason for the rule that “every 1 must
have a 2 and every A must have a B.” According to the principle, then, all items in the outline
are either undivided or are divided into two or more parts. For example, in the speech on
India’s diversity, the topic was divided into two main ideas. The main ideas each could be
further divided into subordinate points that support each of the main points.

THE PRINCIPLE OF PARALLELISM


The third principle of outlining is the principle of parallelism. This principle states that all main
points in the outline are approximately equal; that all subpoints of a main point are
approximately equal; and that the construction of the outline demonstrates their
equality. Outlines can be written in two basic styles, as you will see in the next section. The
principle of parallelism states that all items in the outline that are approximately equal be shown
as equals. Thus, all main points are equal and all subpoints are equal. These are shown by
the same grammatical structure on the outline. If the outline is a key word outline, for example,
then the main points could be represented by words or phrases of the same magnitude (a
noun-verb construction, for example; or all nouns).

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