Graphic Organizer: Plan the Essay



Graphic Organizer: Plan the Argumentative Essay

|Introduction (I) |

|Opening Statement (Get the reader’s attention): |

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|Issue Background/Narrows to the Topic: |

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|Thesis/Claim: |

|Body Paragraph 1 Evidence (R) |

|Topic Sentence: Introduce the focus for the body paragraph. |

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|Integrate the Evidence in the form of direct quotes or paraphrase. These are facts, figures, quotes that are used to support your claim/thesis. |

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|Comment on the significance of the evidence and tie your commentary back to your thesis/claim. This is the section to be convincing and explain your |

|points thoroughly. |

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|Body Paragraph 2 Evidence (R) |

|Topic Sentence: Introduce the focus for the body paragraph. |

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|Integrate the Evidence in the form of direct quotes or paraphrase. These are facts, figures, quotes that are used to support your claim/thesis. |

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|Comment on the significance of the evidence and tie your commentary back to your thesis/claim. This is the section to be convincing and explain your |

|points thoroughly. |

|Body Paragraph 3 Evidence (R) |

|Topic Sentence: Introduce the focus for the body paragraph. |

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|Integrate the Evidence in the form of direct quotes or paraphrase. These are facts, figures, quotes that are used to support your claim/thesis. |

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|Comment on the significance of the evidence and tie your commentary back to your thesis/claim. This is the section to be convincing and explain your |

|points thoroughly. |

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|Body Paragraph 4 Counterclaim/Rebuttal (O) |

|A writer might introduce the counterclaim with a phrase such as: One might object here…It might seem that…It is true that…Admittedly…Of course. You |

|may also begin with an anticipated challenging question: But how…But why…But isn’t this just…But if this is so…What about |

|Topic Sentence: |

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|Integrate the Evidence in the form of direct quotes or paraphrase that supports the counterclaim. These are facts, figures, and quotes from the texts.|

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|Commentary: Rebut the Counterclaim by pointing out weaknesses in the evidence or using another piece of supportive evidence to back your thesis/claim.|

|The writer returns to the original argument by announcing the argument with a: but, yet, however, nevertheless, still, on the contrary. |

|Conclusion (C) |

|Restate the Claim/Thesis: |

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|Answer/Address the “So What?”/Synthesize don’t summarize: |

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|Redirect your Reader: |

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