Topic: The United States Contribution to the Abuse of Workers in Developing Countries by outsourcing business production.

Thesis: The outsourcing of work to developing countries by businesses in the USApromotes the type of slave labor and sweatshops that were outlawed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and therefore United States businesses should have to follow the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for outsourced work.

1. State clearly which topic you are addressing.

2. State clearly what your answer to the main question of the prompt for your topic is. This is your thesis.

3. State an argument supporting your thesis. Make sure you pay attention to the instructions in each prompt as to how to do this.

4. State relevant objections to the arguments you use to supporting your thesis.

WARNING: Make absolutely clear that the objection you are stating is not an argument that you are making, but one that an opponent might make that you are considering for the sake of argument. Otherwise, the reader will become confused or think that you are confused.

5. Respond to the objections you have stated. You have to argue that these objections are misconceived, irrelevant, false, or whatever.