Friday, May 16, 2014

Extreme Sports Essays Got you Down?? Read below....



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??

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