CHAN Hamburger Essay Structure

ENG1P1 Writing Skills

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _______________________________

HARVEY’S

HAMBURGER ESSAY VISUAL PLANNER

Main Ideal/Standpoint:

The media has the power to affect our lives more than most people would think.

How Idea A Supports Main Idea: How Idea B Supports Main Idea: How Idea C Supports Main Idea:

_The media is everywhere and_ _Most media is advertising__ _Fastest way of spreading

inescapable________________ _and aims to influence us____ _info and it impacts our lives__

[Topic Sentence] – Restating How Idea A Supports Main Idea:

-Media has the power to affect our lives _since the media is everywhere

[Points/Proofs/Explanations] –Idea A Supporting Details:

àtv music videos, i.e. Beyonce à youtube

à(facebook/twitter) àinfluences our moral behaviour

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[Topic Sentence] – Restating How Idea B Supports Main Idea:

_Media has the power to affect our lives__because most of it is advertising, which aims to influence us

[Points/Proofs/Explanations] –Idea B Supporting Details:

à à

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[Topic Sentence] – Restating How Idea C Supports Main Idea:

___________________________________because the media is the fastest way of spreading info and has the power to affect important parts of our lives

[Points/Proofs/Explanations] –Idea C Supporting Details:

à à

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[Restate the MAIN IDEA, 3 SUPPORTING IDEAS, and the best SUPPORTING DETAILS]

MODEL OPINION PARAGRAPH

1The media has the power to affect our lives more than most people would think. There are three main reasons for this. (How?) Firstly, the media is inescapable, to the point where we no longer even think twice about it. (How?) Secondly, most media is some form of advertising, designed to affect our way of thinking. (How?) Thirdly, the media is the fastest way of spreading information and ideas, and this impacts the important areas in our lives.

2Most people are not conscious of the fact that the media is everywhere. Since most media is visual and aural, it really has the power to really affect our lives. For example, music videos have the power to influence our moral thinking. A lot of music videos feature inappropriate and obnoxious behaviour that would cause a lot of problems in real life. The bigger problem is that this behaviour is made cool through the music videos. Young kids watch artists like Ke$ha disrespecting their family lives in videos, and they think that it’s okay, even normal. This kind of visual and aural media is almost inescapable, and their messages impact the way we think, whether we know it or not.

3The majority of media is advertising, and this has a dramatic affect on people’s lives. Advertising is profit-driven, so it is designed to fill us with desires. How often have we walked through malls not intending to buy anything, and then come out suddenly feeling as though what we have is not enough? For example, most people were probably happy with their apple product, until a newer product came out. Advertising uses marketing tricks to create a fake reality that always seems better than the real one, so that people have hard time accepting life as it is. People always feel that the next purchase will make them happier, and this is the power of media advertising.

4The media is also the fastest way of spreading information, which means that everyone is affected one way or another. For example, people are much more easily connected through social media like facebook and twitter. Friendships and breakups can occur on opposite sides of the world. Contacting friends for group projects, to hang out, or to show displeasure, has never been easier. The speed of spreading information also means that everyone’s life is much more fast-paced. Unemployed students can become employed within a few hours, but also quickly unemployed, because finding employees is that much easier for employers. No doubt, the quick spread of information through the media has a huge impact on our lives.

5In conclusion, the media has a huge impact on our lives, and we are often unaware of this. The media speaks to our visual and aural senses, and sends us messages through these paths without us even knowing it. Most of these messages come in the form of advertising, which can be very powerful. Media advertising fills us with unnecessary desires that make us feel that we have to spend more money in order to be happy. Also, the information passed through the media affects the important areas in our lives, such as our relationships and employment. Our lives would be very different without the media. Whether we would be worse off or better off without it, is another debate altogether.

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _______________________________

HARVEY’S

HAMBURGER ESSAY VISUAL PLANNER

Main Ideal/Standpoint:

__________________________________________________________________________.

How Idea A Supports Main Idea: How Idea B Supports Main Idea: How Idea C Supports Main Idea:

__________________________ __________________________ __________________________

[Topic Sentence] – Restating How Idea A Supports Main Idea:

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[Points/Proofs/Explanations] –Idea A Supporting Details:

à à

à à __________________________________________________________________________________

[Topic Sentence] – Restating How Idea B Supports Main Idea:

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[Points/Proofs/Explanations] –Idea B Supporting Details:

à à

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[Topic Sentence] – Restating How Idea C Supports Main Idea:

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[Points/Proofs/Explanations] –Idea C Supporting Details:

à à

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[Restate the MAIN IDEA, 3 SUPPORTING IDEAS, and the best SUPPORTING DETAILS]

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[Fill Your Name]

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[Fill Your Teacher’s Name]

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[Fill Class Code]

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[Fill Due Date]

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[PUT TOPIC HERE]

PARAGRAPH #1: INTRODUCTION (at least 4 sentences)

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[MAIN IDEA/OPINION/THESIS starts here]

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[State 1st SUPPORTING IDEA]

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[State 2nd SUPPORTING IDEA]

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[State 3rd SUPPORTING IDEA]

PARAGRAPH #2: 1st Meat Paragraph (at least 6 sentences)

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[TOPIC SENTENCE (i.e. restating 1st Supporting Idea) starts here]

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[PROOF 1 and EXPLANATION 1 starts here]

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[PROOF 2 and EXPLANATION 2 starts here]

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[CONCLUDING SENTENCE (i.e. restating 1st Supporting Idea) starts here]

PARAGRAPH #3: 2nd Meat Paragraph (at least 6 sentences)

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[TOPIC SENTENCE (i.e. restating 1st Supporting Idea) starts here]

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[PROOF 1 and EXPLANATION 1 starts here]

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[PROOF 2 and EXPLANATION 2 starts here]

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[CONCLUDING SENTENCE (i.e. restating 1st Supporting Idea) starts here]

PARAGRAPH #4: 3rd Meat Paragraph (at least 6 sentences)

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[TOPIC SENTENCE (i.e. restating 1st Supporting Idea) starts here]

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[PROOF 1 and EXPLANATION 1 starts here]

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[PROOF 2 and EXPLANATION 2 starts here]

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[CONCLUDING SENTENCE (i.e. restating 1st Supporting Idea) starts here]

PARAGRAPH #5: Concluding Paragraph (at least 4 sentences)

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[Restate MAIN IDEA/OPINION/THESIS]

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[Best idea from 1st Meat Para.]

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[Best idea from 2nd Meat Para.]

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[Best idea from 3rd Meat Para.]

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[Final memorable thought]