Based on the topic you choose, you need to develop your own thesis and then explore that thesis in a critical way in your essay.

Topic: 1) Define what virtue is according to Aristotle. How many types of virtues are there? What are some virtues?

The book is Moral Issues in Business, Chapter 1, and excerpts from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Titling your paper with a Thesis Question since all college essays essentially constitute an answer to a question.

Thesis Answer in your first paragraph: you will contain in your first paragraph an answer to your Thesis Question

Four Evidence Subsections: these four subsections constitute four individual pieces of evidence,

A Conclusion that summarizes (1) the overarching position of your essay-- i.e., your "Thesis Answer"; and (2) the evidence that you employed to support your "Thesis position" throughout your essay paper in your Evidence Subsections (ESSs).

First Paragraph or Introduction Clear Specific Arguable Includes thesis or main idea of essay Focus & Organization

Every paragraph supports the thesis Each paragraph contains only one key point (everything in the paragraph should support the one key point) Conclusion relates to the thesis [no new ideas] and drives it home. Evidence & Documentation Provide examples and direct quotes. Provide context for quotes Quotation marks around all exact words and phrases Clearly indicate an author whose words you are quoting, analyzing, or citing as evidence