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=== Plan on paper ===
=== Plan on paper ===
Once writer have generated some ideas and formulated a tentative thesis, they may want to sketch an informal outline.  Informal outlines can take many forms.  Perhaps the most common is simply the preliminary thesis followed by a list of major supporting ideas.
Once writer have generated some ideas and formulated a tentative thesis, they may want to sketch an informal outline.  Informal outlines can take many forms.  Perhaps the most common is simply the preliminary thesis followed by a list of major supporting ideas.
:Hawaii is losing its cultural identity.
::::Hawaii is losing its cultural identity.
::-pure-blooded Hawaiians increasingly rare
:::::-pure-blooded Hawaiians increasingly rare
::-native language diluted
:::::-native language diluted
::-natives forced off ancestral lands
:::::-natives forced off ancestral lands
::-little emphasis on native culture in schools
:::::-little emphasis on native culture in schools
::-customs exaggerated and distorted by tourism
:::::-customs exaggerated and distorted by tourism
Often used to generate ideas, clustering diargrams can also serve as rough outlines.     
Often used to generate ideas, clustering diargrams can also serve as rough outlines.
*[http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l271/szahid/diagram.jpg. Diagram]    


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