Argumentative Essay Brainstorm PDF

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Argument Essay Brainstorm 1. What major topic are you writing about for your Argument Essay? Racism, and how it has effected our nation. 2. List 5 specific questions that your Argument could seek to answer: o How has racism effected our nation? o When did it all begin? o Why has there been racism? o What causes racism? o Who is the one responsible for racism? 3. What question do you think is the strongest (which questions will create the most original argument)? This will be the subject of your essay. How has racism effected our nation? 4. “So what?” (Why does this subject matter?) This subject is an informative on racism being a major issue.

5. “Who cares?” (Who should care about this subject? Who does it effect?) The people who have been victimized by racism.

6. List 5 main points that support your argument and answer your question (list all five because you may use one of these points in the conclusion, to open up the conversation): o Slavery in the U.S. o Native Americans o Jim Crow Laws o Post 9/11 and racism towards Middle Eastern people. o Racism Today 7. How will you organize your essay (chronological, spatial, or progressive)? spatial 8. Choose the best 3 points and write your thesis statement (combine your answer to no. 3 and your best main points from no. 6): I will be talking about racism and how it has effected our nation. My points include, Jim Crow laws, Post 9/11 and racism towards Middle Eastern people, and racism today.

9. Is your argument a compare/contrast, cause/effect or problem/solution? It is a little bit of compare/contrast and a little bit of cause/effect. 10. What patterns of development will you use (descriptive, narrative, cause/effect, compare/contrast, definition, exemplification, process analysis)? descriptive. 11. Who is your audience, and are they supportive, on the fence or hostile? People who are supportive. 12. Write three counterarguments (three points people could make to argue against your opinion): O Racism is not a major issue today compared to the past. o Racism in the present-day is a disbelief. o Nobody has been effected by racism recently. 13. Explain how you personally connect to the subject of your paper (through experience, beliefs, or feelings): I connect through beliefs.

14. List 2 sources you can use to develop your Informed Argument: O  Injustice and the American Prison System, F  rom the Heartland p. 277-278  ww.wikipedia.org o   Racism in the United States, w 15. Why are each of these 2 sources relevant to your paper? Explain: They are relevant because they talk about my topic in different ways....