Category: English Composition

DIRECTIONS
This week, you will construct a full outline for your paper including citations and references. First, read “Outlining” in The Norton Field Guide pp. 335-337 and The Little Seagull Handbook W-3 under “Organizing and Drafting.” You may also review the sample outline below. You can construct it yourself or use the template downloadable here.
Click the graphic below to review an annotated example student submission using the downloadable template.
Complete your own outline for this week’s writing assignment.
Outline Format
I. Introduction (Your full intro, revised based on the feedback from the Week 3 Discussion Board)
Opening sentence or hook
Explanatory sentence about topic/problem
Thesis statement
II. Supporting Claim 1
Topic Sentence: What is the first claim that supports your argument?
Source #1: What evidence have you found that supports your claim?
Explain how this evidence supports your claim. Include some APA in-text citations, i.e. (Ford, 2020, p. 1).
Transitional Phrase: ___________________
III. Supporting Claim 2
Topic Sentence: What is the second claim that supports your argument?
Source #2: What evidence have you found that supports your claim?
Explain how this evidence supports your claim. Include some APA in-text citations, i.e. (CDC, 2020, p. 25).
Transitional Phrase: ___________________
IV. Supporting Claim 3
Topic Sentence: What is the third claim that supports your argument?
Source #3: What evidence have you found that supports your claim?
Explain how this evidence supports your claim. Include some APA in-text citations, i.e. (Rousseau et al., 2020, para. 29).
V. Conclusion 
Note the most important claim you are making
Reiterate your thesis statement. (Be sure to state your thesis statement differently than you did in the introduction paragraph.)
Reflective sentence or call to action
VI. References (at least three. Your final paper needs at least four, with at least three coming from the university library databases.)
VII. Opposing Viewpoints
Good arguments must consider an alternate point of view. You can do this in a separate paragraph or within one of your supporting paragraphs.
What alternate point of view are you presenting? Identify a source that presents this objection and cite it, i.e. (Smith & Ruiz, 2019, para. 3).
How do you respond to or rebut the counterargument described above? You may use a source to refute this opposing point as well.
Your outline should include the following elements:
A fully written introduction (revised from the Week 3 Discussion)
A thesis that ends your introduction (revised from Week 2’s assignment and the Week 3 Discussion)
Three sections, each with its own topic sentence, research, and brief explanation
At least one reasonable objection and how you plan to overcome it.
Click here for a guide to working with counterpoints.
Quotations and citations from three academic journal sources from Keiser’s Library (from Week 2);
Remember, your final paper requires the use of a total of four sources.
Contact your instructor if you have questions regarding the fourth or any additional sources.
Transitional phrases are required. 
Click here for a YouTube video discussion of transitional phrases.
Or, click here for a Purdue OWL discussion of transitional phrases.
Comments to be included in your conclusion 
Minimum of three APA formatted references in your reference list.

The topic is “Should athletes have NIL right?”
it’s made to be a persuasive essay. today I just need an outline but a paper is due and will also be putting that in as well.

this is a reflection post, the instructions are provided. one lesson i learned was i have to be sure my works cited is correct and that if it doesn’t have a direct author as my professor stated an email we discussed “If one of your sources does not list an author, it would be the title of the article that is placed in the Works Cited entry first (in quotation marks).” the next lesson i learned is how to synthesize correctly and how helpful i can be to writing and taking in information in general https://youtu.be/cIZ6X67jpUs

MAIN POST
First, complete the following reading:
The Norton Field Guide
Chapter 27 (pp. 329-332)
The Writing Center @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Introductions
Twenty-One Commonly Committed Fallacies Twenty-One Commonly Committed Fallacies – Alternative Formats
4 Introductions for the Argumentative Essay (SWee the graphic Attached.  Remember to check your instructor’s requirements for the introduction.)
For this discussion, review the resources above, then compose two Introductions for your Researched Argumentative Essay. The introductions should demonstrate different approaches, using different words and phrasing. Only the thesis statement will remain similar. Then, in a third paragraph, share your thoughts about which introduction you are most likely to use and why.
A few reminders:
Paragraph 1 will  be your first possible introduction.
Paragraph 2 will be your second possible introduction.
Paragraph 3 will be your commentary on both introductions.
Write only in 3rd person point of view (No direct address – “You would be shocked at the waste of edible foods!”).
Do not announce the topic (Example: This paper will discuss the importance of donkey farming to nomad societies in Northern Africa; In this essay, or, In this essay, I will…).
PEER REPLIES (2)
Respond to two peers’ main posts with replies of 150 -200 words each by answering each of the following questions.
What two approaches of introductions were used? 
Which of the introductions is more effective? Why?
Does the introduction provide enough information about the topic and direction of the essay?
Is the position the writer is taking clear?
Is the thesis statement complete, clear, and well-composed?
What do you like most about the introduction?
Offer a suggestion to make the introduction stronger.
Be sure to take a moment to check into your own thread. Reply to your instructor and some peers who offer insights into your writing.