Argumentative Essay

Brainstorming

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(Reason)

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Position
(Main Idea, Claim,
Thesis)
[audience]
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(Reason)

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(Reason)

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Students Should NOT

text during class
[my students]
Incomplet
e
work

Short
Attention
Spans

Media
Succes
s=Focu
s

Distracts
Other
students

Multitaski
ng

Respecting
others

The skill and

the positive
effects

Survey:
Huff Post
article
Comment on

Greenfield and
Uhls article
builds skills

Sign of
Disrespec
t

Colleges
need
teacher
recommendati
on

Obey
Authority
Authority
wants your
best

articleman
at concert

Have self-

Journal p. 7
results of
experiment
(back to my
position)