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Persuasive Essay Fill-In

Pre-writing-Part 1
Prompt for this Persuasive Essay:
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Purpose: I want to argue in favor of:

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I want to argue against:

Thesis Statement: (1 sentence): Topic + Action Verb + 3 points in parallel structure

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List three reasons to support your thesis. (These become your three body paragraphs):

# 1. (Strong reason)
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# 2. (Stronger reason)
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# 3. (Strongest reason)
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These three reasons are going to be one paragraph in the body of your essay. You are also going to
give at least 3 pieces of evidence, facts, examples, or statistics for each reason.

# 1. (Strong reason)

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# 2. (Stronger reason)

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# 3. (Strongest reason)

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Paragraph Writing - Part 2

Introduction Paragraph (1st paragraph) (Starts broad, with an attention grabber and ends with a narrow
THESIS statement.)

“Hook or Attention-Grabber” sentence: (first sentence of the paragraph)

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Description of your opinion on issue without using 1st person or “I”: (second sentence of the paragraph)
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Get the reader involved: (third and fourth sentences of the paragraph)
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Thesis statement in parallel structure: (fifth or last sentence of the paragraph)

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Strong 1st body paragraph (2nd paragraph of essay)

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#1 write strong support or claim as topic sentence: (first sentence of the paragraph)
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Provide Evidence: (second sentence of the paragraph)

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Use Persuasive Language: (third sentence of the paragraph)
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Use Persuasive Language: (forth sentence of the paragraph)

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Follow-through sentence: (fifth sentence of the paragraph)

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Stronger 2nd body paragraph (3rd paragraph of essay)

Transition word/phrase: _______________________________

# 2 write stronger support or claim as topic sentence: (first sentence of the paragraph)
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Provide Evidence: (second sentence of the paragraph)

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Use Persuasive Language: (third sentence of the paragraph)

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Use Persuasive Language: (forth sentence of the paragraph)
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Follow-through sentence: (fifth sentence of the paragraph)

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Strongest 3rd body paragraph (4th paragraph of essay)

Transition word/phrase: _______________________________

# 3 write strongest support or claim as topic sentence: (first sentence of the paragraph)
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Provide Evidence: (second sentence of the paragraph)

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Use Persuasive Language: (third sentence of the paragraph)

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Use Persuasive Language: (forth sentence of the paragraph)
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Follow-through sentence: (fifth sentence of the paragraph)
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Conclusion Paragraph (5th paragraph of essay) (Starts narrow by rephrasing your thesis.
Ends broad by reconnecting to your introduction.)

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Rephrase your thesis: (first sentence of the paragraph)

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Urge the reader to agree with you: (second sentence of the paragraph)
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Tell the readers what to do: (third sentence of the paragraph)

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End with a positive statement: (forth and fifth sentence of the paragraph)
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