Essay Proposal & Outline

Directions: On a separate piece of paper, please type out thoughtful and comprehensive answers to the following questions. Keep one copy for yourself, and turn in one copy.

1. Who is your audience? What kind of tone/language should you use in this essay?

2. What does your audience need to know (introduction) before you state your thesis?

3. What is your working thesis?

4. What specific points will you need to argue in order to support your thesis?

5. Which articles will you use to support your argument?

6. Provide at least one specific example from each article that you might use in your essay. Explain how each of these examples will support your ideas.

7. What specific personal examples can you provide to help argue this idea?

8. What are some possible opposing argument(s) to your position?What articles will you use to demonstrate the opposing argument(s)?How will you refute those arguments? Will you use any articles to refute those opposing arguments? Which ones?