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Persuasive Essay

Persuasive Essay. Directions. 5-6 paragraph essay, following the outline given. Personal preference . For example: Black licorice is gross. Sugar Bowl is the best place to ski. researchable

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Persuasive Essay

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  1. Persuasive Essay

  2. Directions 5-6 paragraphessay, following the outline given.

  3. Personalpreference. For example: Black licorice is gross. Sugar Bowl is the best place to ski.

  4. researchable Will you be able to find sources from the databases we learned about in the library? Books, journals, articles

  5. appropriate

  6. “Should” This also means you could have should not in your thesis.

  7. No internet sources are allowed unless they are digital editions of majornewsorganizations. For example: USA today CNN New York Times CBS Wall Street Journal

  8. You must have at least twosourcesand a WorksCitedpage.

  9. Topics are due Thursday, the 6th Once you commit to a topic, it’s yours. No one else will have it.

  10. Thesis Statement/Topic Sentences -Thesis statement must have should or should not. - Eliminate all 8 to be verbs in thesis and topic sentences. Getting rid of “to be” verbs 1. am, are, is, was, were, be, become, became 2. Replace with a strong, specific verb

  11. Examples • Cleaning is tiring and unexciting. • Cleaning promotes exhaustion and leaves individuals without excitement. 2. Plastic bags are dangerous for the environment. - Plastic bags devour landfills and create dangers for the environment. 3. Organic foods became more popular. -Organic foods circulated quickly through grocery stores as they gained popularity.

  12. Your turn: • Jackets are beneficial in the winter. • Eating breakfast is important for a person’s metabolism. • 2012 was a year of lessons and memories.

  13. Setting up quotesYou cannot put a quote without a lead-in 1. Dialogue=someone is talking Occasion, speaker, instead of said When he asked Santa for a new Elmo toy, thelittle boy pleaded, “I would love nothing more than this” ( Anderson). 3. narration=just a sentence Your own words followed by the part of the sentence. Hopefully childhood diabetes rates will “decline by 14% in 2013” ( Smith).

  14. Title Two parts. • Your Topic • Your individual and creative one It looks like this: School Uniforms:The Debate Over Khaki and White Or Play Based Learning: Evaluating the Curriculum in Elementary Schools

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