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Arranging Your Details

The final part of planning is arranging the details in the proper order for writing. This should be fairly easy once you have selected a pattern of organization for your details. Listing and outlining are two common ways to arrange your details before you begin to actually write.

Listing

Listing works well for paragraphs and other shorter forms of writing. Simply write down the details in the order that you want them to appear in your writing.

Focus Statement: Sitting Bull (topic) fought against U.S. forces in Lakota territories (focus).

dreamed of big military victory