Philip Sobash
Research Paper Outline
March 3, 2009
Amy Jessee
Illegal Immigration and its effects in the U.S.
I. Introduction
A. “Hook” Statement- A story about illegal immigration and how it personally affected someone.
B. Facts and Figures
1. Statistics
C. Background Information
1. How we got here
2. What events led to this
D. Thesis Statement: Illegal Immigration is a problem usually swept under the rug by many people in the United States. People exploit the weak border in order to get illegal workers to work for cheap. This undermines what America is all about and is eventually going to ruin the capitalistic society in which we live today.
II. Visual
A. Show visual
1. Describe visual
2. Implications of the visual
3. Forms of Rhetoric
III. Facts and Figures
A. Past Statistics
B. Present Statistics
C. Future Statistics
IV. Personal Accounts
A. First Hand Accounts
B. Implications of Illegal Aliens
V. Political differences on Immigration
A. Conservative Views
B. Liberal View
C. Amnesty Act
1. Problems
2. Opinions on the matter
VI. Problem solving
A. Different Views on fixing the problem
B. Money Costs invested in fixing the problem
C. Troubles with correcting the problem
VII. Conclusion
A. Recap of Major Points
B. Summary of paper
C. Recap visuals
You present a very strong thesis statement, but I'm not sure how your first statement relates to the second. You might add a few details. Your organization by type of account is very interesting, though I think you could integrate the ideas into a more complex argument. Do you set up the problems, depict a variety of solutions, and then consider which one will work best based on your opinion?
ReplyDeleteI like the way you organized the topics in your paper. I particularly like how you are going to explain the different political views as well as other problems associated with it that I would have otherwise not thought of. These are: money issues with fixing the problem, the different views of the problem and possible problems associated with it. Your thesis is good, but you might want to consider addressing more issues than just "cheap labor" such as not paying for taxes, and recieving healthcare, etc. Also, be careful not to add too many statistics that it would become hard to read. Other than that, it was good!
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