Argumentative Synthesis Essay OUTLINE

Please indicate your academy at the top in a header.

I. Intro Paragraph

  • Hook: strategically hook the audience/readers. Think about rhetorical strategies that will be effective in your writing.
  •  Claim: Write your claim at the end of the introduction. Remember to include the topic and your stance in one sentence. Test it-if you take out your claim from intro, does it clearly identify the topic and your stance on the issue?

II. Body 1

  • Topic sentence-first sentence that clearly states your first assertion. Your reader needs to know clearly what this paragraph is going to be about. What is your first reason why you feel the way you do about the issue?
  • Evidence: Provide evidence from one of your sources.
  • In-Text citations- There are two ways to present evidence from a source without plagiarizing (“Source A illustrates/elaborates/discusses/argues/demonstrates…” or at the end of the evidence include (Author’s last name, page number)). Remember to use present tense verbs when citing sources.
  • Reasoning: After presenting evidence provide reasoning. How does this evidence support the assertion and connect to the overall claim?
  • Since this is NOT a timed paper, I am expecting at least a page for each body or at least 3/4 page for each. Each body paragraph should be the same length. Please repeat this process for body 2 and 3.

III. Body 2:

IV. Body 3:

V. Conclusion:

  • Restatement of claim-first sentence in your conclusion
  • Implications-you can offer solutions (CALL TO ACTION) here or discuss the effects of this issue on the world/society. Remember, from the moment you began research your goal was to get to the conclusion…what is your argument? What is your point? What is all this for? State it clearly…make your final closing argument. Do not introduce any new research or ideas. You are concluding the argument you laid out in the body.

The whole essay should be about 3-4 pages.

  • MLA 
  • Typed
  • double spaced
  • size 12
  • Times font

 


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