Write your thesis statements in the form of complete, declarative sentences. Select the thesis statement that makes the most “sense” to you, that you are most intrigued by, and that you think would supply the basis for the most interesting research paper.

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Fill out this grid with four possible thesis statements, reflecting these four categories, and submit your responses to the discussion board.

Informative Broad
Argumentative-Broad
Informative-Specific
Argumentative-Specific

Select one of these thesis statements, and write a rough outline for a possible persuasive research paper on your topic.

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Helpful tips:

Write your thesis statements in the form of complete, declarative sentences. Avoid bullet points, sentence fragments, and questions.

For your outline, select the thesis statement that makes the most “sense” to you, that you are most intrigued by, and that you think would supply the basis for the most interesting research paper.

When organizing the main points of your outline, employ the principles of moving from general to specific information, from least interesting observations to most interesting observations, and from common knowledge to less familiar aspects of your topic.