ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ESSAY
Worksheet – Argumentative Research Paper
This worksheet is to help students collect and organize the pieces of information needed to construct an argumentative essay. Its purpose is to act as a guide for writing the research paper.
INTRODUCTION
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Thesis Statement: |
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* Students may have more than 2 sub-arguments
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF THE TOPIC
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Background: |
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Significance: |
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PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE
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Sub-argument 1: |
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Evidence & reference - |
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Evidence & reference - |
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Sub-argument 2: |
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Evidence & reference - |
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CONCLUSION
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Re-state thesis: |
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Summary: |
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Insight & Implications: |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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GEOGRAPHY Academic journal article 1: |
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Academic journal article 2: |
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Other academic sources – not required |
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Non-academic sources – not required |
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