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Persuasive Essay: Thesis Statement and Gathering Resources Worksheet
Part 1: Thesis Statement
Assignment Directions:
Review “Thesis Statements”in the “Drafting the College Essay” section of “The Writing Process” media piece.
Here is an example of a persuasive thesis statement from our essay.
Grass fed beef is a much healthier option than corn fed beef because it has higher nutritional value, can provide the body with much needed Omega 3 fatty acids, and has the health benefits of conjugated linoleic acid.
Stance:Grass fed beef is a much healthier option than corn fed beef.
Subtopic 1: it has higher nutritional value.
Subtopic 2:it can provide the body with much needed Omega 3 fatty acids.
Subtopic 3:and has the health benefits of conjugated linoleic acid.
Create a thesis statement for your persuasive essay. Your thesis statement should be one sentence that includes three subtopics.
Write your thesis statement in the box below:
| Topic: Prison Reform
Stance: Prisons are not maintaining simple human rights for prisoners
Subtopic 1:Prisons in geographical areas are given different grants and funding
Subtopic 2:Substandard living for prisoners that are not in line with human rights
Subtopic 3: Health care
Thesis Statement: Prisons in America are not affordingprisoners simple human rights based on geographical areas and it is a violation of their constitutional rights, prison reform is a must to fix our prison system.
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Thesis Statement Self-Evaluation:
Consider the following questions when developing the thesis statement for your essay. The answer to each of the four questions below should be yes if you have drafted a quality thesis statement.
- Is your topic stated in the thesis? Yes it is
- Does your thesis include your position/stance? It includes the positive stance of why prison reform is needed.
- Is the thesis statement specific? This thesis is specific and straight to the point.
- Does the thesis include three subtopics?Yes it includes all three subtopics
Part 2: Gathering Resources
Assignment Directions:
Review “Research and Sources”in the media piece “The Writing Process.”
Use the GCU elibrary to find three Peer Reviewed sources to use in your persuasive essay. Fill out the requested information in the table below about your sources.
| Thesis subtopic | Title and Author(s) | Write a 50-word response to the following question:
How is this source relevant to your subtopic?
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APA 6th Edition References | Permalink (GCU Library permanent link) | |
| Article supporting your Subtopic1 | Substandard living for prisoners that are not in line with basic human rights. | Bronsther, Jacob | This article speaks to the torture and disrespect of inmates. One of the topics that stick out the most is that they speak about how prisoners are losing their constitutional rights and basic human rights. This article is relevant to my thesis because it identifies the issues that are bought up in one of my subtopics. | References
BRONSTHER, J. (2019). Torture and Respect. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 109(3), 423–490. |
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| Article supporting your Subtopic 2 | Prisons in geographical areas given different funding | The Examiner Newspaper (Launceston, Australia) August 22, 2019, 6 | This article helps with my supporting subtopic because it speaks on strained funding in prions. The funding in prisons cause further issues for healthcare and other items within the system. | References
Prison funding “strained.” (2019). The Examiner Newspaper (Launceston, Australia).T |
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| Article supporting your Subtopic 3 | Healthcare in prisons | Morral-Parente, R | This article helps my subtopic by speaking on the lack of healthcare as well as the issues with healthcare in prisons. This article fully supports my stance on prison reform and why healthcare is an important piece to making our prison system better. | References
Morral-Parente, R. (2015). Chronicity and primary care: the role of prison health / Cronicidad y AtenciónPrimaria: rol de la Sanidad Penitenciaria. Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, 17(2), 61–64. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.4321/S1575-06202015000200005 |
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