Persuasive
Essay Outline
Introductory
Paragraph
- Grab the reader’s attention by providing a quote
- Give your interpretation of the quote and how it relates to the topic of extreme sports.
- Agree/disagree with the quote. This will be your claim/thesis statement- the position to be argued.
Body
Paragraphs
Discuss
the reasons why you agree with the claim
- Each body paragraph should have a reason to support your claim and focus on one piece of evidence (from an article, the documentary, personal experience, observations).
- Within each paragraph, provide sufficient supporting detail.
- According to…..
- In the documentary….
- Extreme sports such as….
- In my own experience,....
Opposing
View Paragraph
- Describe and then refute (i.e. prove wrong) the key points of the opposing view.
- some sentences starters to introduce your counterargument:
- Some people may argue...
- On the other hand, __________ believes that...
Concluding
Paragraph
- Restate and reinforce the thesis and supporting evidence.
- So What??
