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PERSUASIVE THESIS ESSAY OUTLINE

Directions:

1.Complete each section using your research cards and your class notes

2.Rewrite the sentences into a WORD document to create your essay.

3.Take out obvious statements! “My first argument is,” “This quote means,” “I think,” “In conclusion,” etc.

4.Change any words or phrases you repeat often.

Title:Create a title that supports your thesis:

Par. 1: INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH

1st sentence: Intro Sentence (attention grabber): Choose a quote you’re not already using or create question to the reader (rhetorical question) asking how they would feel about what was happening to the colonists/British:

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2nd sentence: Now relate your question or quote to your essay:(for example: that is how the North Carolinians felt. They were…)

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3rd sentence: Write your thesis here:

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Par 1-4/5.Instructions: Use the paragraph guide below to write three paragraphs explaining the genre of the story read in class. Use the characteristics listed in your thesis statement.

READ SAMPLE PARAGRAPH:Steps for each Paragraph:

POINT: In the first sentence, (topic sentence) state your first supporting POINT (argument /reason)

Ex. The purpose of fighting the American Revolution was to create a government that would protect the rights of Americans.

EXPLAIN:Using your research cards, give a detailed explanation of your paraphrased research.

Ex. Many of the leaders during the revolution argued that the British government regularly violated their rights. They pointed to the various taxes Parliament had enacted while denying the colonists representation. After repeatedly asking for redress of their complaints, they decided that the best thing would be to create their own government.

EVIDENCE: Give textual EVIDENCE(quote) to support your research and argument/reason.

Ex. "In truth, a new government is the whole object of the present controversy. For should a bad government be instituted for us in the future, it had as well to accept at first the bad one offered to us from beyond the water without the risk and expense of the contest" (Jefferson).

RELATE:Explain how your evidence RELATESto your argument and proves your thesis.

Ex. Here, Thomas Jefferson argued that the entire point of the American Revolutionary war is to create a government that better aligned with the beliefs of the American people. Jefferson points out that if the new country could not create a better government, then the money spent and lives lost during the war would be wasted.

Paragraph 2: (1st supporting argument)______

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Paragraph 3: (2nd supporting argument)______

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Paragraph 4: (3rd supporting argument)______

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Paragraph 5: (optiona1 4th supporting argument) ______

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Par. 5/6: COUNTER-ARGUMENT:

STATEstrongest argument AGAINST thesis (other side):______

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SUPPORT with textual evidence (quote): ______

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CONNECT: explain what the textual evidence (quote) means: ______

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EXPLAIN why argument and evidence is weak or wrong: ______

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Par. 6 or 7: CONCLUSION:

Relate back to introduction sentence (your quote or question): ______

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Restate thesis in different words: ______

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Close with statement showing why your position is correct position by either explaining:

a)why starting a revolution against the British will solve these problems

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b)staying with the British will make things better.