for phyllis young

· Provide an overview: What’s the topic? Who’s involved? What’s at stake? How are you situating your argument within a larger ongoing conversation?

· Provide overall argument (thesis)

· Elaborate on thesis by explaining various claims that make up overall argument

· Explain how you support these claims in your argument

· Finally, tell us why your topic matters and why it’s important. In other words, tell us why we should care.