1) Your assignment is to create a strong THESIS STATEMENT to the question below.
2) Prepare a compelling SUPPORTING ARGUMENT that helps prove (support) your Thesis Statement. Ask yourself what is the most compelling reason I believe I am correct in my assertion (my thesis statement)? What elements in the documents in Gorn Ch. 4 might defend your thesis? Prepare a list of points that favor/support your claim and ones that refute it
3) From the list you compiled, select THREE supporting pieces of evidence from three separate documents in Gorn Ch. 4 (the Declaration of Independence CANNOT be one of the three supporting documents, but you are allowed to reference it). Briefly explain how each piece of evidence supports your argument and subsequently proves your thesis.
THE QUESTION YOU MUST ADDRESS: Based on the various viewpoints expressed in the documents in Gorn Ch. 4, how “inclusive” was the the Declaration of Independence in the thoughts expressed by the colonists?
Your completed assignment should look like this:
1.) THESIS STATEMENT: place your grammatically correct thesis statement, in the third person, here.
2.) SUPPORTING ARGUMENT: place you supporting argument here.
A.) EVIDENCE: place the title of the first document you are using for supporting evidence here.
i.) RATIONALE: state why you think this evidence supports your argument and state what type of evidence it is: Ethos, Pathos, or Logos. Try to use at least two of these three types of evidence.
B.) EVIDENCE: place the title of your second supporting document here.
i.) RATIONALE: state why and what type of evidence
C.) EVIDENCE: place the title of your third supporting document here.
i.) RATIONALE: state why and what type of evidence