Directions: Read through all of your 5 resources and pick the four main topics/claims

that you want to discuss in your essay. Write those topics in the main topic boxes
numbered 1-4. Then pull details (ethos, pathos, logos) for each of your paragraphs.
Remember only include pertinent information to your topic.

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Essay topic: Messi vs Ronaldo

Thesis: Although Lionel Messi and Cristiano

Ronaldo are both considered The Best Footballers
of all time, Lionel Messi deserves the #1 spot over
Ronaldo.

Main topics for each paragraph

Topic 1: How it started Topic 2: National Stats Topic 3: Club Stats Topic 4:Stats against
each other/Ballon D Or

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4

Claim 1 Claim 2 Claim 3 Claim 4
Messi had a better season National Stats are the same, Messi has had better stats Messi performs better
debut than Ronaldo however we can argue for one club than Ronaldo when they face each other
Messi´s are better.

Evidence 1 Evidence 1 Evidence 1 Evidence 1

Ronaldo Begun his career
at Sporting CP, playing in
a Champions League
match and moving to
Manchester United that
same year in 2003. Messi
didn't start his Barcelona
debut until 2004
Messi carried his nation to
the Copa America finals AND
won it for them in the finals,
he had a fantastic
tournament winning the MVP.
Messi Goals/APPS at Both having 36 APPS,
Barcelona: messi is on top with 22
672/778 goals while Ronaldo is at
Ronaldo Goals/APPS at 21, if that stat is too close,
Real Madrid Messi has 12 assists
450/438 while Ronaldo has 1.

Evidence 2 Evidence 2 Evidence 2 Evidence 2

Ronaldo was already
playing the highest level of
soccer
Ronaldo took his team to the
Euros final, however he
sustained an injury, leaving
him absent from the finals,
eradicating any argument
that he won it.
Messi has the record for Ballon de Or is the highest
most goals for 1 club. award given in soccer. It is
given to the footballer with
the best performance
overall of that given year,
Winning one is near
 impossible for many
footballers, Messi sits at 6
ballon d ors, while
Ronaldo sits at 5 balon d
ors.

Evidence 3 Evidence 3 Evidence 3 Evidence 3

Messi had a better 2 Messi has more assists than Messi has also more Lastly Messi performs
season start off than Ronaldo and only one less assists than ronaldo overall better in higher
ronaldo. goal. Messi: 315 competitions and when
Ronaldo: 227 his team needs him.