How to Make an Outline

An outline is very important to organize your ideas for a speech.

Before you write an outline
1. Collect information about your topic.
2. Organize the information by main ideas.
3. Decide which details and examples go with each main idea.
Begin your outline
1. Use Roman numerals for main ideas.
2. Use Capital etters for details.
3. Use regular numerals for examples.
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.itle7 2ingerprint % Reliable
.oday there are a lot of uses to fingerprints8 investigators use for solving crimes and
companies of credit cards use for improving the security of its products. 1any companies8 li'e
visa or master card8 use the fingerprints give more safe for their cards. 9ears ago the
investigators use the examiners8 experts in read fingerprints8 to lin' people to crime scene. .oday8
with computers advent8 new methods are using for analyze fingerprints. &owever there are a few
fear of the fingerprints analyze yet.
.oday is needs cut down fraud8 a lot of companies use the fingerprints for lin'ed more
security to his products. .he fingerprints can be used to ma'e impossible frauds in credit
cards. :ow8 computers can be used to improve the fingerprint image8 became this image
impossibility of be reproduce. &owever this new technic ma'es fear in the people8 because they
associate fingerprints to criminals. 2ingerprints8 also8 uses to solve crimes.
.he methods of collect fingerprints8 today8 are very accuracy8 however few years ago8
they were basic the ability of examiners. !n the first years of fingerprints8 this evidence is
absolute. !f one person do not believe in fingerprint this person are crazy. &owever this situation
changes8 the American government did on test with the examiners8 only ;;< of examiners pass
in the test. After this the fingerprints not were more on absolute evidence. =ell8 the advent of
computer method8 bring a new life to fingerprints.
Computer methods can allow analyze more accuracy of latent fingerprints8 this new
technologic give more credible of fingerprints. .his methods the analyze is more fast and can
analyze more in less time. Another advantage of the use of computer is the possibility of show
for the >udge and the >ury the analyze. .his way the >udge can see for themselves8 if the analyze
is good or note.
Currently the fingerprints are on very good prove8 however not are more un?uestionable.
.h mista'es of the examiners sha'e the credible of fingerprints. &owever8 the new methods as
analyze by computer gives more credible to fingerprints8 so8 today companies of credit cards uses
fingerprints in its cards. 2inally8 the fingerprints are evidence that help to solves crimes and give
more security to people8 although fingerprints are not absolute as in their first times.