Type your responses directly on this file, ensuring that you are writing in complete sentences and fully covering each point. Save the file, and then submit it for this week’s assignment.
Step 1: Draft a current claim (thesis) statement.
Step 2: Check your claim statement. Is it arguable? That is, will there be people who disagree with it or pose an alternative position to it?
Step 3: Ask yourself “how” or “why” your claim is true. Using because statements, list three reasons to support your claim statement draft:
1. Because
1. Because
1. Because
Step 4: How will you support your “because” statements? What information/evidence will you need to prove or explain?
1. Support for Because statement #1
1. Support for Because statement #2
1. Support for Because statement #3
Step 5: In what ways might skeptics object to your reason? What are their worries or concerns or reasons why they are opposed to your position?
How will you refute or concede to this information?