Just like every other essay in this class, you are developing an argument in this one. In this essay, you will express your opinion on one of the following topics:
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Poverty Stereotypes
and how they keep us down
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Student Loans and how
they keep us down
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Loss of Jobs and the
current Living Wage and how those factors keeps us down
See a pattern? These
are three reasons we are no longer able to achieve financial success in
America. I want you to focus on one of these issues and suggest a solution to
the problem. This essay isn't a test of how many ideas you can come up with
because you have already proven that. This essay will focus on how clear you
can express the few arguments you have, if you can apply PIE structure
correctly and if you can make it all flow.
You will need to have a complete introduction
with an attention grabber, statement of support and thesis. You will have three body paragraphs. Each
paragraph will start with a “right-sized” topic sentence and they will all be perfect examples of PIE structure. Your
essay is expected to have smooth transitions between paragraphs. You will end
your essay with a conclusion and your conclusion will have a cliffhanger (a
statement that makes your reader think) at the end.
Your essay will also include 2
quotes from the book The Rich and the Rest
of Us. You may also quote any of the other sources used in class, article,
videos, etc.
Don’t forget what you have learned
about the power of description, metaphor and simile. These different elements
can make your essay more dynamic. Be
sure to proofread your essay.
Your essay will be 3 pages, typed, in MLA format and posted to your
blog by December 22nd, 11:59 pm. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Final Essay Outline Template
Introduction:
Attention grabber___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Research you want to use______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Working thesis statement_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Body Paragraph 1:
Topic Sentences_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Illustration
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Body Paragraph 2:
Topic
Sentences_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Illustration
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Body Paragraph 3 (Solution):
Topic
Sentences_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Illustration
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Conclusion:
Cliffhanger_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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