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What's the topic you want to write about?
The atomic bomb
What's your main opinion on this topic?
The atomic bomb should never have been created.
What's the strongest argument supporting your opinion?
The atomic bomb brought about massive destruction.
What's a second good argument that supports your opinion?
Japanese people, cities, and the economy were decimated during the dropping of the atomic bomb.
What's the main argument against your opinion?
The atomic bomb kept Hitler from a world take over.
What's a possible title for your Essay?
Outlawing Weapons of Mass Destruction
Outlawing Weapons of Massive Destruction
Introductory Paragraph
Begin with an interesting quotation related to your opinion about the atomic bomb
(You will need a transition here)
- End the Intro paragraph with your thesis statement:
Even though the atomic weapon stopped Hitler from a world take-over, the
atomic bomb should never have been created because Japanese people, cities,
and economy were decimated by the atomic weapon and the atomic bomb
brought about massive destruction.
Body Paragraph #1
Topic of the body thesis:
the atomic weapon stopped Hitler from a world take-over
- Find evidence - like facts, examples, quotations, or statistics that back it upor support
the topic sentence of this paragraph.
- Explain how your evidence supports the topic sentence
Another example that shows that the atomic weapon stopped Hitler from a
world take-over is...
- Find more evidence - facts, examples, quotations, or statistics that back it up or
support the topic sentence of this paragraph.
- Explain how this second piece of evidence supports the topic sentence.
Body Paragraph #2
Even though the atomic weapon stopped Hitler from a world take-over, the
atomic bomb should never have been created because Japanese people, cities,
and economy were decimated by the atomic weapon.
- Find evidence - like facts, examples, quotations, or statistics that back it upor support
the topic sentence of this paragraph.
- Explain how your evidence supports the topic sentence
Another example that shows that Japanese people, cities, and economy were
decimated by the atomic weapon is...
- Find more evidence - facts, examples, quotations, or statistics that back it up or
support the topic sentence of this paragraph.
- Explain how this second piece of evidence supports the topic sentence.
Body Paragraph #3
The most important reason the atomic bomb should never have been created
is because the atomic bomb brought about massive destruction.
- Find evidence - like facts, examples, quotations, or statistics that back it upor support
the topic sentence of this paragraph.
- Explain how your evidence supports the topic sentence
Another example that shows that the atomic bomb brought about massive
destruction is...
- Find more evidence - facts, examples, quotations, or statistics that back it up or
support the topic sentence of this paragraph.
- Explain how this second piece of evidence supports the topic sentence.
Conclusion
So you can see that although the atomic weapon stopped Hitler from a world
take-over, the atomic bomb should never have been created for two main
reasons. First, Japanese people, cities, and economy were decimated by the
atomic weapon. But most importantly, the atomic bomb brought about
massive destruction.
- Now you will return to your opening attention-getter from the introduction
- Then end your essay with a powerful So What? statement.