Orientation characteristics and their effect on the mechanical properties of the thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) were investigated by extruding Vectra A-950 through a single screw extruder with sheet-type dies of three different diverging angles. The LCP fibrils were oriented in the direction of flow around the edge of extrudates. In the center of the extrudates the fibrils were oriented normal to the flow direction. It also shows that the orientation of the fibrils in the outer layers occurs along the flow direction. However, in the inner layers, the angle of orientation varies as the position changes. The different orientations were manifested due to the shear stresses of the flow fields and elongational forces of the diverging dies. The mechanical strength of the LCP extrudates increases in every direction as the angle of the diverging die or the rotor speed of the screw increases. However, the elongation at break decreases in the flow direction and increases in the normal direction. It was also found that the orientation state of the LCP fibrils can be examined by measuring the elongation at break.