The phrase "a simple outline of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe a basic or straightforward summary or framework of a topic or concept.
Example: "In this report, I will provide a simple outline of the main points we need to cover in our presentation."
Alternatives: "a basic overview of" or "a brief summary of".
Using numbered points, make a simple outline of a story you know well - Cinderella, for example - showing the main plot events.
In this work, a full design and system description of the satellite is presented along with a simple outline of the mission and the expected imagery received.
"The minister was told that the name of the child, the date of the report, a simple outline of what the facts were, was being recorded, assessed and entered into the database, and it wasn't," Richards said.
Finally, as a strong caveat, I always remind myself and others that the "ev and rev" model depicted in this article provides only a simple outline of the broad challenges facing a management concerned with growth.
The students recorded their observations in their booklets and drew a simple outline of a plane labeling the nose, tail, wing, and body.
Below is a simple outline of the requirements.
"Heavy Load," from 2009, takes the cover of Mr. Salter's best-known novel, "A Sport and a Pastime," from 1967, reproducing it three times, underneath a simple outline drawing of a woman, shown below the neck and with her arms crossed.
Or is this merely the forcible making of a man out of a simple outline -- the Palestinian official with nostalgic dreams of grandeur?
Goldring points out a poster on the wall that shows a word-image a simple outline of a door flanked by the letters d and r–projected onto the veined surface of a human retina.
The history of American queuing has a simple outline.
A business plan involves several key pieces of information and is more than just a simple outline.
