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Guide for Social Issue Essay

Introduction

Start with an interesting question, a significant quote, a bold statement, or an interesting

fact/statistic about your social issue (grab the reader’s attention). If you use words or ideas from

a third source, be sure to add the appropriate documentation. Discuss the importance of the social

issue. Why does it matter? Who is affected? Be general in your introduction. End the

introduction with a thesis statement (implicit or explicit).

Body Paragraph Organization

1. Topic sentence that mentions the social issue and the subtopic (the connection between the

sources).

2. Provide another sentence that continues with the idea within your topic sentence.

3. Introduce the source and provide your evidence and citation.

4. Analyze the evidence in relation to the topic sentence. (Asking how and why and other

interviewer questions)

5. Provide a transition that suggests a similarity and introduce the other source (also provide your

evidence and citation).

6. Synthesize the sources. Make the connection between the sources. State it. Don’t make the

reader have to come up with the connection. This is your goal for the body paragraph.

Conclusion

Restate the thesis. Ask NOW WHAT? What can people do to help society overcome this social

issue? Consider how the world would be a better place if the social issue did not exist.

Works Cited

Go to the article in the database and copy the citation. Minimal changes need to be made to it:

make sure the important words are capitalized, make sure the name of the database is italicized,

etc. Use Purdue OWL for the OER reading in order to create the citation. If you are not what

type of electronic source your OER reading is, just ask me during class or via email.