Write a rhetorical argument essay in 5 pages long in MLA format and fill in the outline docx outline is due dec/02/2020
English 103 Essay 3 Prompt/Outline Samual Raleigh
This outline is intended to provide you with a framework for paper’s structure. This is suggested, so you can alter to your paper’s needs.
I. Introduc>on: Introduc>on may be more than one paragraph in a research paper.
a. Term you are defining.
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b. Dic?onary Defini?on of the word – Use Merriam Webster’s or the Oxford dic?onaries
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c. Iden?fy any background or contextual informa?on that will help to set up your defini?on ___________________________________________________________________________________
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d. Explain the purpose of your paper ___________________________________________________________________________________
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e. Iden?fy and briefly define any other key terms that will help to set up your defini?on.
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f. Thesis Statement
Claim (Your Defini?on): ________________________________________________________________
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Ra?onale (Because): __________________________________________________________________
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Qualifica?on (Although/RebuWal ________________________________________________________
g. Iden?fy, and briefly explain, personal or anecdotal evidence that could support your defini?on.
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h. Iden?fy, and briefly explain, corporate, public, or cultural evidence that could support your defini?on. (Should conduct research to complete this sec?on)
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II. Suppor>ng Reason 1
a. Main point of the paragraph – worded to support your paper’s overall claim (Topic Sentence): ___________________________________________________________________________________
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b. Elaborate on, or clarify, the main point of the paragraph (Sub-Claim):
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c. Provide evidence, from your research and/or experiences, that validates the paragraph’s point (Suppor?ng Detail):
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d. Analyze how the evidence validates your paragraph’s point and connects to paper’s overall claim:
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III. Suppor>ng Reason 2
a. Main point of the paragraph – worded to support your paper’s overall claim (Topic Sentence): ___________________________________________________________________________________
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b. Elaborate on, or clarify, the main point of the paragraph (Sub-Claim):
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c. Provide evidence, from your research and/or experiences, that validates the paragraph’s point (Suppor?ng Detail):
1. ______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
d. Analyze how the evidence validates your paragraphs point and connects to paper’s overall claim:
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IV. Suppor>ng Reason 3
a. Main point of the paragraph – worded to support your paper’s overall claim (Topic Sentence): ___________________________________________________________________________________
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b. Elaborate on, or clarify, the main point of the paragraph (Sub-Claim):
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c. Provide evidence, from your research and/or experiences, that validates the paragraph’s point (Suppor?ng Detail):
1. ______________________________________________________________________
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2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
d. Analyze how the evidence validates your paragraphs point and connects to paper’s overall claim:
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V. Suppor>ng Reason 4
a. Main point of the paragraph – worded to support your paper’s overall claim (Topic Sentence): ___________________________________________________________________________________
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b. Elaborate on, or clarify, the main point of the paragraph (Sub-Claim):
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c. Provide evidence, from your research and/or experiences, that validates the paragraph’s point (Suppor?ng Detail):
1. ______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
d. Analyze how the evidence validates your paragraphs point and connects to paper’s overall claim:
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VI. Counterargument: Does your claim have a clear opposing viewpoint?
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a. Summarize the argument
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b. Provide evidence, from your research, that confirms the argument.
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c. Explain how the counterargument can be used to support your argument.
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VII. Conclusion: This is intended as a placeholder for your conclusion. You should more fully develop the conclusion as part of the draaing phase. Typically, a research paper conclusion will be split over two paragraphs – A summary and a final word on your posi?on.
a. Reiterate your thesis in new words:
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b. Offer a final significance to your paper – in other words, “so what?”
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