From the course: Organizing an Outline
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Exploring outline terminology
- Like any other process, organizing an outline involves using specific and interesting jargon to describe the various bits and pieces. This terminology was used back in the three by five card days, and it's retained an outlining software as well. They key points in an outline are called topics. A topic can be a single word or an entire sentence, but it's short and to the point. Topics come in levels. At the top level are the main topics which are the shortest but also describe major categories or areas in the outline. To a copy editor, the top level is known as A headings or often the first headings. Below the top level come the second level or B headings. Yes, that can be a pun, which is why some copy editors use the numbers instead of letters to identify heading levels. The B level refers to those topics above it. Breaking them out into specific details. Then comes the third level or C headings. These details are further refined from the B level above it and you can get down to…
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