Topic 1: Persuasive Essay: Outline Worksheet

Review “How Do I Organize My Brainstorm into an Outline?” in “The Writing Process” Media piece.

http://lc.gcumedia.com/phi105/persuasive-writing-website/persuasive-writing-website-v1.1.html 

Assignment Directions: 

TOPIC: College Athletes Compensation

Use the Persuasive Essay Outline on the next page to outline your persuasive essay by completing the following:

1) Use the feedback you received from your instructor to revise your thesis statement. 

a) Write your thesis as a complete sentence (as you would in your essay) in the “Thesis Sentence” section under the Introductory Paragraph heading in the outline below.

2) Create a topic sentence for each of the three paragraphs that comprise the body of your essay.

a) Record the topic sentences in each of the “Topic Sentence” sections under the “Support for Thesis” headings in the outline below. 

b) Your topic sentences should support your thesis and provide transitions between the paragraphs.

3) Write at least three details for each topic sentence. 

a) These details should provide support for the topic sentence. 

b) Remember to include at least one in-text citation for each supporting paragraph.

4) Write a concluding sentence under the “Conclusion” heading in the outline below. 

a) Your concluding sentence should be your thesis restated in different words.

Persuasive Essay Outline

Introductory Paragraph: 

Hook: Have you ever wondered why College Athletes are not paid?

Background and contextual information:

Thesis Sentence: College athletes should be compensated due to Lengthy careers, injuries, and popularity.

Support for Thesis 1 (Subtopic 1)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 1: 

Detail A: 4 Years in college, once you keep coming back, you get paid.

Detail B: 15 week salary

Detail C: Salary based on Academic standings, no 2.5 no pay.

Transitional sentence:  Although players do not get payed without finding a degree there is not for sure way to succeed without going back to school

Support for Thesis 2 (Subtopic 2)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 2 

Detail A: More injuries are showing up in collegiate athletics 

Detail B: Players should learn about insurance

Detail C: Injuries can stop players from excelling to the next level 

Transitional sentence: Injuries have devastated many players and makes it hard for the student to recover while in school.

Support for Thesis 3 (Subtopic 3)

Persuasive Topic Sentence including position and subtopic 3: 

Detail A: Sports are limited due to school; some schools might be the right schools, but no sports

Detail B: College Sports is the foundation of Pro sports

Detail C: College sports is an introduction of a certain player into the pro world of sports

Transitional Sentence:  College sports ratings are at an all-time high now because so many people are being supported. With this support system many, many players can now get paid to play the game they love for more years.

Conclusion 

Paraphrase thesis statement (restated in different words): More and more people should look into why their children are paying so much to receive a degree and probably won’t be able to use it.

 

Summarize main points: For many years, The NCAA has looked over the fact of compensating their players. These same players are the same reason that many people have grown to love their sport and support it as well.

Final remarks:

QUESTION: Use the outline created in Week 4 (CREATED ABOVE) to write the first draft of your essay.

References (New page at the end of the essay)

Organize all references below into a reference list. Be sure the references are in alphabetical order based on the author’s last name, double-spaced. List should be formatted to have hanging indents by ½ an inch, with the first line hanging and all others indented. See the GCU Style Guide for help with formatting references and citations. Within the essay, this reference page will be on its own page at end of your essay.

Literature Reviews

Acord-Vira, A., Curtis, R., Davis, D., & Wheeler, S. (2019). Returning to the Classroom Following Sport-Related Concussion: Perspectives of College Student Athletes. Journal of Postsecondary Education & Disability, 32(1), 35–48. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=136781209&site=eds-live&scope=site

Karcher, R. T. (2017). Big-Time College Athletes’ Status as Employees. ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law, 33(1), 31–53. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=130327970&site=eds-live&scope=site

Stokowski, S., Paule-Koba, A. L., & Kaunert, C. (2019). Former College Athletes’ Perceptions of Adapting to Transition. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 403–426. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=s3h&AN=138583721&site=eds-live&scope=site

Helpful links:

Persuasive essay writing process:

http://lc.gcumedia.com/phi105/persuasive-writing-website/persuasive-writing-website-v1.1.html 

References and Citation help:

http://libguides.gcu.edu/CitingSources

Grading Criteria

Consider the following criteria when developing the outline for your essay. These criteria will be applied when this assignment is graded. 

1) Outline contains a thesis statement.  

2) Outline contains a topic sentence for each of the three paragraphs of the body of the essay.

3) Transitions between paragraphs are evident and appropriate. 

4) Contains three details for each topic sentence; details provide support of the related topic sentence.

5) Included in-text citations and references.

6) Outline contains concluding sentence, which restates the thesis in different words.