Essay Instructions

Instructions:  You will construct a five-paragraph argumentative essay in which you use ethos, pathos, and logos to make your arguments and prove your position.

Steps:

1. Choose an issue.

2. Decide on the arguments you will use for ethos, pathos, and logos in order to establish your point.

    *You can use the arguments that you and your classmates have already generated to help you here.

• Should the school day be longer?
• Bullying
• Airport Security Screening
• Presidential Election - Obama V Romney
• The Rising Cost of College
• Medical Marijuana
• Credit Card/Student Loan Debt
• Gay Marriage
• Occupy Wall Street
• Abortion
• The Obesity "Epidemic"
• Policy Brutality
• Global Warming/Climate Change
• Nuclear Weapons

3. Back up your points using evidence where appropriate.

    *You can either search out new evidence for yourself or use the evidence that you and your classmates have already generated. 

• Should the school year and school day be longer?
• Bullying
• Airport Security Screening
• Presidential Election - Obama V Romney
• The Rising Cost of College
• Medical Marijuana
• Credit Card/Student Loan Debt
• Gay Marriage
• Occupy Wall Street
• Abortion
• The Obesity "Epidemic"
• Police Brutality
• Global Warming/Climate Change
• Nuclear Weapons

4. Your essay should follow this structure:

Paragraph 1 - Introduction: explain the issue you will be writing about and state your position on that issue.

Paragraphs 2-4 - The Rhetorical Appeals: each paragraph should focus on using one of the three rhetorical appeals to make your argument. 

Example:  Paragraph 2 - Ethos; Paragraph 3 - Logos; Paragraph 4 - Pathos.

Paragraph 5 - Conclusion:  restate your position and wrap up your argument.