Arg planning and invention

Possible Argument Topics

Students should be creators.

Students shouldn’t drop out of college.

Students have to be motivated to succeed.

Thesis

(Intro)        

Thesis:        Students should be motivated to succeed and be creators rather than drop out of college.

(P2):            Students should be motivated to succeed.

                             A  Fact-  Summarize-  Short version

                             B  Fact-  Paraphrase-   Other words

                             C  Fact-  Directly Quote-  “………………..”

Direct Quote In text Citation

                       TS-  Students should be motivated to succeed.

                             For Example, when students are motivated, they “………………” (Downing 22).

Paraphrasing/ Summarizing-    According to Downing, the way to be motivated is to have goals (22).

                             On page 22 of On Course, Downing explains that….

(P3):            Students should be creators in their lives.

(P4):            Students shouldn’t drop out.

(P5):            Conclusion.