LESSON 8 • PROVING OUTLINES WITH SUBTOPICS

The Sentence Synthesis Proof

Synthesize your outline notes into flowing sentences! Select the correct outline entry for each blank to verify that your whole outline reads like a book.

🔎 How to Prove Subtopics with Sentences

You have already learned how to prove your outlines with main topics. Now combine the subtopics with main topics to make sentences. (Add some words of your own if necessary.)

Learn About Insects
   I. Collecting
      A. Know where to look
      B. Know when to collect
  II. Studying
      A. Limit the number
      B. Mount collections
      C. Raise live insects
      D. Record observations

Sentence Proofs:
• Proof: We learn about insects by (I) Collecting, and (II) Studying.
• To learn about insects by collecting: (A) Know where to look, and (B) Know when to collect.
• To learn about insects by studying: (A) Limit the number, (B) Mount collections, (C) Raise live insects, and (D) Record observations.

1. How Do Zoos Get Animals

4 Sentences • 10 Blanks • 10 Points

How Do Zoos Get Animals

I. Purchase from dealers

A. In distant lands

B. Animal farms

II. Donations

A. From local people

B. Gifts from foreigners

III. Exchanges

1. Zoos get animals by (I) , (II) , and (III) .

2. Zoos get animals by (I) , (I. A) , and (I. B) .

3. Zoos get animals by (II) , (II. A) , and (II. B) .

4. Zoos get animals by (III) .

2. Superstitions About Birds

3 Sentences • 8 Blanks • 10 Points

Superstitions About Birds

I. Omens of good luck

A. Barn swallows nesting

B. Wrens building nests nearby

II. Omens of bad luck

A. Woodpecker tapping on house

B. Bird designs on wedding cake

1. There are superstitions that birds are (I) , and (II) .

2. There is a superstition that birds (I) , if (I. A) , and (I. B) .

3. There is a superstition that birds (II) , if (II. A) , and (II. B) .