Three Point Thesis by Jodie Clouser

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clouserjm — 2014-11-19 17:52:47 UTC

Evidence:

clouserjm — 2014-11-19 17:56:14 UTC

-reasons or proof that supports your argument

-Refers to the source that you are arguing about

Practice:

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1. argument

2. evidence

3. thesis statement

Three Point thesis:

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1. argument

2. evidence

3. thesis statement

Argument

clouserjm — 2014-11-19 18:00:04 UTC

-takes a stand on a subject or issue

-seeks to persuade the audience towards a point of view

-NOT a description

Is it an argument?:

clouserjm — 2014-11-19 18:01:55 UTC

1. In "The Matrix" Neo discovers that reality is run by machines.

2. "The Matrix" successfully proves that technology is dangerous.

3. In "The Matrix" technology is proven to have advantageous potential.

4. Neo chooses between the blue pill and the red pill within "The Matrix".

Evidence example:

clouserjm — 2014-11-19 18:20:56 UTC

"The Matrix" successfully proves that technology is dangerous by...

1. Showing life threathening uses of technology

2. demonstrating how technology can control people

3. showing that technology creates disingenuous preceptions

Thesis statement:

clouserjm — 2014-11-19 18:29:37 UTC

-combination of argument and evidence

-serves as an outline for your argumentative essay

Thesis example:

clouserjm — 2014-11-19 18:30:22 UTC

"The Matrix" successfully proves the danger of technology by presenting its life threatening uses, potential to control people, and creation of false perception.

Is the pep talk from kid president inspiring?

clouserjm — 2014-11-19 18:35:25 UTC

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clouserjm — 2014-11-19 18:36:39 UTC

The pep talk from kid president is inspiring because he encourages us to work on the same team

2014-11-21 17:18:53 UTC

Be awesome, and "give the world a reason to dance."

Tim

2014-11-21 17:19:25 UTC

The "Kid President" video is inspiring because it uses a relateable setting and creates inspiration using a child's world view.

2014-11-21 17:19:31 UTC

Kid President's video inspires young people to contribute to their world by calling on kids to stop being apathetic, by using pop culture references, and by recognizing life's difficulties.

This video is inspiring because it makes the viewer want to be nice to others through humor, example, and soothing music.

2014-11-21 17:19:58 UTC

2014-11-21 17:20:46 UTC

This video is inspirational because of the appeal to emotions, humor and teamwork.

Trevor

2014-11-21 17:21:43 UTC

This video is inspiring because it is geared to apply to multiple audiences, it uses multiple successful people as examples, and appeals to virtually all age groups by its utilization of presentation and presenter.

2014-11-21 17:21:54 UTC

The pep talk from Kid President is inspiring because of the great background tunes, Kid P.'s inspiring words, and his real life examples of inspiring people!