Visual argument essay 1
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Audience and how you plan to appeal to them:________________________________________
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Attention Getter: ______________________________________________________________________________
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Explain the interest in this topic. What experiences have caused the writer to become interested (careful using 1st person!)?
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Background Information, including history and context for problem:_______________________
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Thesis Claim:__________________________________________________________________
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Explain how you will appeal to Logic, Ethos, Pathos (or all three): ________________________
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Refutation or Opposing Arguments (Explain them, explain how and why there may be value in them, and disagree with the parts you believe to be invalid. Establish common ground): ______________________________________________________________________________
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Evidence to support your claim, including appeal to logos, and pathos. (Evidence must come from your sources, both primary and secondary: examples, statistics, facts, studies, testimony, data, etc.)
Reason 1 supporting your claim:___________________________________________________
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Reason 2 supporting your claim: __________________________________________________
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Reason 3 supporting your claim: _________________________________________________
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Do you have a solution to the problem? (This may or may not be applicable.) How will it work? What are its advantages?
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Creative, thought-provoking closure:________________________________________________
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