What information should you gather before writing an outline?

Aaudience, topic, details, and final
Btopic, audience, purpose, and details
Ctopic, purpose, details, and outline
Daudience, purpose, and details

Verified Answer :

I'd say the answer is B. A cannot be correct because how can you gather "final" before writing an outline? C is also not correct because how can you gather "outline" before you write an outline? And D is not correct, because it is missing a "purpose" of the text.

the answer is b topic, audience, purpose, and details