Describe and Analyze a Problem:
Propose and Argue for a Solution = THESIS:
Causes:
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Evidence:
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Reasons:
• Evidence:
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Consequences:
• Evidence:
• Refutation:
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Evidence:
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Analysis – show your reader:
• how and why the problem started
• when and where it started
• who it affects
• how it affects people or systems, immediately and/or long-term.
• that this problem is urgent, important, and deserving of attention. Argument – show your reader:
• why your solution is effective, efficient, ethical, or otherwise ideal
• reasons why your solution resolves the problem in the best way
• why your solutions are better than your critics’:
o objections to your plan
o own proposed solutions
o or possible proposal that things are fine as they currently are
As you start determining causes, consequences, reasons, and refutation, realize that these may not fit neatly into their separate boxes on the chart, staying precisely within their lines. Because these things are interrelated, there will likely be overlap or interflow.
Define or Describe a Problem:
• What’s wrong:
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• Who does it affect:
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• How does it affect them:
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• Why should we care:
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Analyze Its:
• Causes:
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• Consequences:
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Propose a Solution = THESIS = That Explains HOW to Resolve the Problem:
• What should we do about the problem?
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Argue That Your Solution is the Most Effective, Efficient, Ethical, or Ideal with:
• Reasons:
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• Refutation:
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• Evidence:
o How can you prove it will work?
