Points: 10.00/10.00 Question Text Write an Argumentative Thesis Statement 1. Choose one of the statements as your persuasive speech topic. You may argue for or against any of the statements below. ○ Lance Armstrong’s social contributions outweigh his doping allegations. ○ Steve Jobs’ or Mark Zuckerberg’s success is based on other people’s ideas and technology. ○ Ray Lewis was exonerated from murder charges based on his football fame. 2. Conduct background research on the topic.
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reader’s attention. Follow the opening sentence with a brief background on the topic or situation. In this case‚ it would be brief summary of the video. The last sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. The thesis states the main point of the essay‚ which in this case‚ would be a statement affirming the three most important issues the video addresses. A well-supported essay includes supporting points‚ details‚ and examples. For this essay‚ you must decide the best way to organize the
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Elbert Cox Have you ever heard of Elbert frank Cox? Elbert frank Cox was the first african american to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics in the world! Elbert Cox was a really big factor in mathematics and for the blacks in the 20 cencerty. Cox had two brothers‚ one was Avalon Cox‚and Elbert son is ‚Elbert Lucien Cox. Cox died at the age of 74. In this Essay‚ you will learn a lot more about Elbert Cox’s childhood‚ success and contributions to society‚ according to the evidence I found. First‚ I am going
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topic of the essay on drugs. It should have a full-fledged introduction‚ which should introduce the topic completely. The introduction should also have a thesis statement that should be the main idea of the essay on drugs. A thesis statement should be based on the essay question to which your essay on drugs is an answer. A thesis statement of an essay on drugs can be one sentence or more than one sentence but it is suggested that it should be only one sentence. Essays on drug abuse or essays on
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From 500 BCE to 1400 CE‚ the Indian Ocean regions (Middle East‚ Russia‚ and Asia) dealt with many economic‚ cultural‚ and political changes ‚ from the Mongol rule. The Mongolians had an enormous effect on these regions and were always violent and aggressive in the way they attacked and conquered them. Politically‚ in the 13th Century‚ in china‚ all the Chinese dynasties were under the mongol rule‚ in the middle east‚ Hulegu defeated the Abbasid but allowed local rulers to rule‚ and also the Mongol
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Victor Quijano Elizabeth DiGennaro English IV Monday‚ April 23‚ 2012 The Truth about The Hobbit The world we live in is full of heroes that are different shapes and sizes that people don’t remember who they are a month after they do something. The story The Hobbit may make you think of a half sized person as an no everyday hero‚ but his actions will touch your heart and make you think that it’s really possible to change the world around you no matter what size you are. The half sized person in
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[ROUGH DRAFT] “I don’t understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance‚ anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?” These are the words of the late pop star sensation Michael Jackson. He indisputably had everything in the world—fourteen Grammy awards‚ seven American Music Awards‚ four decades of number one hits on the US Billboard charts‚ and a hundred-million-dollar home in Santa Barbara‚ California in which he dubbed as “Neverland Ranch.” These
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work is to show what conclusion Twain came to in regards to the human race with the use of satire and what he had actually seen for himself. THESIS STATEMENT AND STRUCTURE At first‚ I thought the third sentence of the first paragraph was the thesis statement‚ but the more I read it‚ the more it appeared to fail at the properties of being a thesis statement. However‚ Twain does make the overall claim that mankind is lesser than animals in regards to how they act in similar situations in which
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Technology’s Impact on Childhood‚ a Comparison of the Past & the Present The advances of technology in the past fifty years have endangered the future of active childhoods. While these advances have shown as a great benefit to the worlds of business‚ education and medicine‚ the impact on family life and communication has put the health and development of our children at risk. Reduced nutritional guidance‚ outdoor activity and organized family time has been the result of electronic “make-your-life-easier”
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Pro-Life Abortion Thesis Statement- The right to life is the most basic and important right that we have. In the past two hundred years‚ over one million Americans have died for their country. Monuments have been built and speeches have been delivered‚ honoring these American heroes. America is now engaged in a war where there are no heroes‚ no monuments or tributes only victims. Our society has declared war on its most helpless members our unborn children. How would you feel if someone took away
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