Loose outline are a way to experiment with the structure and organization of a composition. They are highly flexible and take different forms for every piece. Sometimes they are verbose. Other times they are skeletal. There are no rules.

For my Self-Assessment Essay, I jotted down a few loose outlines on one page to compare structure ideas. After trying out a topic based organization, I decided not to pursue a course learning objective oriented (CLO) one. Then, I made a few edits to the topic based one.