Write a Persuasive Essay on“A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift or A Vindication of the Rights.
Persuasive Essay Assignment: You must chose to write about “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift or A Vindication of the Rights. You must choose if you want to agree or disagree with the arguments they make in their essays and convince you reader to do the same. You must choose 2 of their main points to agree or disagree with and explain why. You must also give counterarguments of your own to statements they make. You must include quotes and proper citations showing the author and page number from the essays to back up your argument. See pages 718 to 723 in textbook for extra help. Outline: Persuasive Essay I. Introduction A. Attention grabber: Ask a question about your subject. B. Give background information about the time period (Restoration and the 18th Century) as it relates to your topic. C. Introduce the title and author of the essay you are writing about. D. Thesis statement: Are you agreeing or disagreeing with your article with 2 main reasons and counter argument. II. Body A. Body Paragraph 1: Main Point #1 1. Topic sentence to introduce the 1st main point you are agreeing or disagreeing with. 2. Introduce your 1st reason for agreeing or disagreeing. 3. Quote #1 4. Explain how quote proves/supports your argument. 5. Transition to 2nd reason for agreeing or disagreeing. 6. Quote #2 7. Explain how quote proves/supports your argument 8. Transition to 3rd reason for agreeing or disagreeing. 9. Quote #3 10. Explain how quote proves/supports your argument 11. Concluding sentence reminding what the 1st main point you are agreeing or disagreeing with was. B. Body Paragraph 2: Main Point #2 1. Topic sentence to introduce the 2nd main point you are agreeing or disagreeing with. 2. Introduce your 1st reason for agreeing or disagreeing. 3. Quote #1 4. Explain how quote proves/supports your argument. 5. Transition to 2nd reason for agreeing or disagreeing. 6. Quote #2 7. Explain how quote proves/supports your argument 8. Transition to 3rd reason for agreeing or disagreeing. 9. Quote #3 10. Explain how quote proves/supports your argument. 11. Concluding sentence reminding what the 2nd main point you are agreeing or disagreeing with was. C. Body Paragraph 3: Counterargument 1. Topic Sentence to introduce that author does not agree with you. 2. Introduce 1st opposition argument 3. Quote #1 4. Explain why quote is wrong and you are right. 5. Transition and introduce 2nd opposition argument 6. Quote #2 7. Explain why quote is wrong and you are right. 8. Transition and introduce 3rd opposition argument. 9. Quote #3 10. Explain why quote is wrong and you are right. 11. Concluding sentence reminding us that you acknowledged other arguments III. Conclusion A. Remind us what your argument is? B. What are your main points for your argument? C. What do you want changed through this essay? http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html
