Itzel Soto

My subject: Animal testing

My topic: Cons of animal experimentation and how its unethical

Step 1: What do you notice?

Why do researchers test on animals? Animal testing is morally wrong and is unethical in many
ways. Animals are being harmed in strenuous way, most animals die from experimentions and
testing animals is not a right that we have.

Step 2: What 3 details are the most interesting?

The 3 most interesting details is how researchers test on animals although it’s morally wrong as it
is against the law in a sort of way. Second is that experimenting on animals is morally wrong in
all ways. Third, animals are being harmed for no good.

Step 3: Why are they the 3 most interesting details?

They are the 3 most interesting details because it makes the readers question as to how animal
testing is unethical and morally wrong. It makes the readers think about how it is wrong and try
to come up with alternative methods of testing products.

Step 4: Turn your topic into a question (or multiple questions)

1. Why is animal testing morally wrong?
2. Why is it inhumane to test on animals?
3. Why should humans not test on animals?

Step 5: Answer the question. The answer to the question is the thesis statement for the
essay.
1. It’s morally wrong because it causes harm, suffering and pain to animals. As animals are
sentient beings that can experience pain.
2. It is against our moral values and its not necessary for our survival. It causes long-term
physical and psychological damage. Causing pain to animals is a form of violence.
3. Animals have rights and deserve to be treated with respect. As it is cruel and unnecessary
to test on animals. Animals have the right to live free from harm and exploitation.

Now, identify the 5 reasons you have for making the thesis statement. Remember above when it
asked you to find the 3 most interesting details? That should lead you to the focus for each
paragraph and to your topic sentences. Take the 3 reasons (add a few more depending upon
your paper length) you have for making the thesis statement that you did. And turn them into
topic sentences.

Topic sentence #1: Animal testing is unethical due to how is is inhumane to experiment on
animals.

Topic sentence #2: Testing on animals goes against our moral values and is unnecessary to do
experiment on animals.

‘Topic sentence #3: Animals are sentient beings that can experience pain; therefore, it is morally
wrong to conduct experiments on them.

Topic sentence #4: Testing animals against their will is unethical because animals have rights
and deserve to be treated with respect.

Topic sentence #5: Animals have rights to live free from harm and exploitation, so if we conduct
experiments it is a cause of suffering which is a form of violence we are doing.