My Persuasive Essay Plan
- You must have at least four main points to thouroughly convince your reader
- Each point should be supported by two pieces of evidence
- Evidence should be a variety of: professional opinions, real life examples, statistics and data, quotes, article excerpts, anecdotes, trusted website information etc.
- Keep track of where you found your evidence. To do this, idenitfy your sources in the bibliography section at the end of this proposal.
Good luck!!!
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Title of Essay:
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Bibliography
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is where you keep track of where you found your evidence. It is
necessary to include a bibliography when you submit your completed
essay.
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Sample Persuasive Essay Proposal
Full Name: Emily Smith
Title of Essay: Why we should assist Euthanasia
My Overall argument: Euthanasia should be legalised
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First Point: Disallowing the practice of Euthanasia to people who suffer is cruel
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- Evidence 1: "The current prohibitions require a person with great physical strength and/or mental suffereing to continue to endure their suffereing against their wishes, which cannot be right!"- Article from the 'Guardian Newspaper', written by Dr Kailash Chand, GP: http://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/jul/01/euthanasia-assisted-suicide-uk
- Evidence 2: Sue Roriguez, a mother in her early thirties, died slowly of Lou Gehrig's disease. She lived for several years with the knowledge that he muscles would, one by one, waste away until the day cane when. full conscious, she would choke to death. She begged the Courts to reassure her that a doctor would be allowed to assist her in choosing the moment of death. They refused. She lived on in terror, helped eventually by a doctor who, in February 1994, covertly broke the law to help her die in peace.- Real life example: http://www.euthanasia.cc/cases.html
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Second Point: Allowing people to die will free up scarce health resources
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- Evidence 1: In most countries there is a shortage of health resources. As a result, some people who are ill and could be cured are not able to get speedy access to the facilities they need for treatment. At the same time, health resources are being used on people who cannot be cured, and who, for their ouwn reasons, would prefer not to continue living.- BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia/infavour_1.shtml
- Evidence 2: In 2009, Americal Health Care paid $50 billion just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients' lives- that's more than the budget of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Education.- Article from the CBS News Website, 'The Cost of Dying': http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-5711689.html
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Continue for third point, fourth point, etc.
