8Directions: 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.

Thesis statement generator

How to write a thesis video
Essay topic: Manchester United vs Manchester
City

Thesis: Manchester United is overall better in

every way

Main topics for each paragraph

Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4
Manchester United has The history of the clubs The rivalry The fanbase
more trophies won

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4

Claim 1 Claim 2 Claim 3 Claim 4
United has more trophies Leads to the past success of The rivalry between the 2 How the United fanbase
than City Man United compared to City teams and how its a impacts the world more
classic match than City

Evidence 1 Evidence 1 Evidence 1 Evidence 1

Manchester united has 20
league titles while city only
has 7
In 2000-2009 Man United
had won back to back titles
and they had one of the
greatest coaches if not the
greatest Sir Alex Ferguson.
The rivalry is one of the
biggest in English football.
Man United has fans from
all over the world for
example Europe, Asia,
Africa,North America,
South america

Evidence 2 Evidence 2 Evidence 2 Evidence 2

Man United has 42
trophies in total while CIty
only has 22
In the early 1990s United
started to become the new
big giants. Whereas City was
still in the second division.
They are both top 10 in
revenue and they are from
the same city meaning the
two different stadiums and
technically walking
distance.
The united fan base
impacts the world more
because Man city doesn't
even fill up their stadiums
meaning they don't even
have many loyal fans.
Evidence 3 Evidence 3
Manchester United has 20 Manchester city secured their
more trophies than City. first league title in 44 years in
the 2010 campaign meaning
that before that man united
were far more dominant than
City.
Evidence 3 Evidence 3
¨Manchester United has The Manchester United
the bragging rights as fanbase is loyal compared
England's most to city. Most city fans are
successful Club and has bandwagons. Overall
achieved more than city¨ Historically Manchester
as claimed in the article. United is better and CIty
have a long way to go.