Keydy Medrano
Ms. Frank
Senior Capstone, Period 8
April 01, 2014
Argument Paper Outline
I.
Introduction (to set up and state one’s claim)
a. The fashion industry is all about pretty clothes and many brand designers with these
beautiful models showing off clothes design but what most people don’t know is how
these models keep their “perfect” body and the truth behind the fashion industry with
models.
b. Claim/Thesis: Models should have other healthier options to keep their body shape
right and the fashion industry should change some requirements for a women to be a
model without really worrying and putting their body to risk.
II. Background information: (lays the foundation for proving your argument)
a. History of topic: Background information about the requirements of being a model and
the consequences that most models are going through.
b. Explanation of key Theories: Explaining the two main eating disorders that models are
fighting: anorexia and bulimia
III. Supporting Paragraph I (to prove your argument)
a. Topic Sentence: the number one common eating disorder that most models are fighting
is anorexia.
b. Explanation: Have a short background of anorexia, explaining what it is, how is it caused
and how can people prevent it
c. Evidence: Write down facts of how many models have suffered or still are suffering from
anorexia, include some citations.
d. Explanation of Evidence:
e. Concluding Sentence: How anorexia should be prevented in the fashion industry and
how the fashion industry should require a healthier diet for models so they won’t suffer
from eating.
IV. Supporting Paragraph II (to prove your argument)
a. Topic Sentence: The other common eating disorder among models is bulimia.
b. Explanation: Explain what bulimia is, how it’s caused and how to prevent from falling
into bulimia.
c. Evidence: Write down facts of the consequences of bulimia, write some citations down,
and write down statistics of the number of models that have ended up with the eating
disorder “bulimia”.
d. Explanation of Evidence:
e. Concluding Sentence: Models should eat healthier without worrying of getting rid of
food in their body system the dangerous way without aware that they are putting their
bodies to risk.
V. Counterargument: (to anticipate your reader’s objections; make yourself sound more objective
and reasonable)
a. Topic Sentence: Models think that by not eating the right portion meal daily or eating a
certain amount of food and just throwing it all up, they think that they are healthy and
pretty for the runway without noticing that they are risking their health and bodies.
b. Counterargument Evidence: Re-write again the total number of models that are
anorexic or bulimic.
c. Refute Evidence: Explain how some fashion industries from other countries have began
to make laws that have started to ban really thin models from walking in the catwalk.
d. Concluding Sentence: The eating disorders anorexia and bulimia are not a healthy way
to keep your body in “shape” there are many other healthier ways to keep yourself
healthy
VI. Conclusion Part 1 (remind readers about your argument and supporting evidence)
a. Topic Sentence: Re-explain the danger that most models go through, through their
modeling career.
b. Review of evidence/claim: Re-explain the consequences of anorexia and bulimia.
c. Concluding Sentence: Models shouldn’t put their health and body to risk just for
modeling, and the fashion industry should reconsider the requirements for women to
be a model.
VII. Conclusion Part 2 (“so what”; why should the reader care about your subject)
a. Models should set a better image for younger girls that really look up to models and
their “perfect” bodies.
b. No model should put their health and body to risk just because they want to fulfill their
dreams of being a model.
c. It is important for all of us to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep our bodies just in
shape with the right foods and appropriate amount of exercise.
d. The fashion industry should make new requirements that shouldn’t want women try to
put them to go on strict diets or shouldn’t eat all just to have a right model body, or
offer healthier options for models so they won’t risk their health.