Argumentative Essay Thesis Sheet

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What subject are you researching?

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Based on your first group of facts, what conclusion can you draw? This will be the topic sentence for the body paragraph.

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Based on your second group of facts, what conclusion can you draw? This will be the topic sentence for the body paragraph.

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List your third group of facts here along with in-text citations:

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Based on your third group of facts, what conclusion can you draw? This will be the topic sentence for the body paragraph.

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Based on the three topics you came up with, what conclusion can you draw about your subject? This will become the thesis for your paper. A simple template to follow:"[Subject] should/should not [action or stance] due to [reason 1], [reason 2], and [reason 3]."An example would look like this: "Public schools should implement mandatory financial literacy courses due to the increasing complexity of personal finance, the need for informed financial decision-making, and the gap in current educational curricula."

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Based on your thesis, what is one simple thing people should do? This is the call to action in your paper.

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