6-7 PAGE ESSAY

Topic 1: Persuasive Essay: Outline Worksheet

Persuasive Essay Outline

Introductory Paragraph:

Hook: Court case Roe v. Wade 1973 was the beginning of a woman’s right to choose an abortion, but little did we know that it would still be a debate today.

Background and contextual information: - Abortions is a very difficult topic to discuss or experience within itself. Some believe no matter how a child is conceived its life should be protected. Others believe it is a woman’s right to decide to terminate or not.

Thesis Sentence: Women who are forced to have their child or denied abortions are more likely to depend on government assistance, suffer from depression, and possibly have a child raised in the system.

Support for Thesis 1 (Subtopic 1)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 1: Being a mother is difficult alone ranging from childbirth to child care. Women often bear the burden to provide basic necessities for their children.

Detail A: A single child usually needs 6-8 diapers daily which is not covered by government assistance.

Detail B: U.S. hospital deliveries cost $3,500 per stay to 8,500 depending on post-partum care.

Detail C: Up to a third of the total cost is housing, accounting for 26 to 33 percent of the total expense of raising a child “Diana Boesch May,2019” .

Transitional sentence: Raising a child in today society will not be cheap.

Support for Thesis 2 (Subtopic 2)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 2 -The reality that both sexual abuse and childbirth may involve the same areas of the body can affect a woman’s ability to trust process or connect with their child.

Detail A: Rape victims can experience post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and pulling me into depression and anxiety

Detail B: Your body and mind go through a lot of changes during and after pregnancy.

Detail C: You are more likely to have post-partum if you have been previously diagnosed with depression.

Transitional sentence: Without a choice we are forced into a bigger situation that one never asked for.

Support for Thesis 3 (Subtopic 3)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 3: Women who have existing health problems can increase during pregnancy. “Mental health facts”2017.

Detail A:  

-Problems related to pregnancy, such as preeclampsia, gestation diabetes, chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus and still birth.

Detail B: Woman who have kids as an adolescence are at higher risk on having a high-risk pregnancy.

Detail C: Structural abnormalities in the uterus or cervix caused by trauma can increase the risk of still birth or miscarriage.

Transitional Sentence: High risk pregnancies can not only be scary and expensive but increase health risk for you and baby.

Conclusion

Paraphrase thesis statement (restated in different words): To continue the 14th amendment in the right of a woman choice, we have to think for the greater good of child and mother, instead of it being outlawed or frowned upon.

Summarize main points: A lot can go wrong when a woman is not given a choice on how to control her body or make decisions. Being forced into something that you know you are not ready for, will only cause more trauma for you and baby. Only you know your capabilities and you should have to right to make decisions based on that.

Final remarks:

There are no scientific facts that the child is nothing more than cells and tissue until you hear a fetal heartbeat for the ones who consider this murder.

References

“Parents” by  K. Aleisha Fetters 2017 https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/considering-baby/financing-family/what-to-expect-hospital-birth-costs/

“Federal Assistance Does Not Help Poor Mothers Pay for Diapers” by Diana Boesch | May 29, 2018. https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/federal-assistance-does-not-help-poor-mothers-pay-for-diapers/

“Parents save up it cost this much to raise a kid” CBS News January 9, 2917. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-raising-a-child-parents-save-up/

“Post-partum depression screening” https://www.knowppd.com/screening/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=G_HCP_UB_Diagnosis%3BS%3BPH%3BUB%3BWH%3BHCP%3BCON&utm_content=Diagnosis_Postpartum_B&utm_term=%2Bdepressed+%2Bpostpartum&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtMvlBRDmARIsAEoQ8zRTduR1hohLGL4XJihQ6lWuRPuPapG_QB29rOY2r2GXMtUe9cGUuR4aAvXHEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

“Women’s health” https://www.womenshealth.gov/mental-health/mental-health-conditions/postpar tum-depression

References (New page at the end of the essay)

Organize all references below into a reference list. Be sure the references are in alphabetical order based on the author’s last name, double-spaced. List should be formatted to have hanging indents by ½ an inch, with the first line hanging and all others indented. See the GCU Style Guide for help with formatting references and citations. Within the essay, this reference page will be on its own page at end of your essay.

Helpful links:

Persuasive essay writing process:

http://lc.gcumedia.com/phi105/persuasive-writing-website/persuasive-writing-website-v1.1.html

References and Citation help:

http://libguides.gcu.edu/CitingSources

Grading Criteria

Consider the following criteria when developing the outline for your essay. These criteria will be applied when this assignment is graded.

1) Outline contains a thesis statement.

2) Outline contains a topic sentence for each of the three paragraphs of the body of the essay.

3) Transitions between paragraphs are evident and appropriate.

4) Contains three details for each topic sentence; details provide support of the related topic sentence.

5) Included in-text citations and references.

6) Outline contains concluding sentence, which restates the thesis in different words.

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