COMM 104 UNC Should College Athletes Be Paid Essay

• TOPIC:Should college athletes be paid?

BASIC OUTLINE

Your final written appeal will follow this basic outline:

o Page 1: Title Page
o Pages 2-4 (at least 2 pages!)

o First Paragraph: Introduction ▪ Attention-getter.

• ▪ Statement of your topic and stance
• ▪ Preview of your three (3) main arguments (propositions)

o New paragraph(s) Proposition #1 (Argument that validates your stance

on the topic)

• ▪ Evidence #1 that validates proposition #1. Demonstrate reasoningon how the evidence ties to the proposition.
• ▪ Evidence #2 that validates proposition #1 + reasoning.
• ▪ Recognize and refute potential opposing viewpoint to theproposition.
• ▪ Transition to proposition #2

o New paragraph(s): Proposition #2

• ▪ Evidence #3 that validates proposition #2 + reasoning.
• ▪ Evidence #4 that validates proposition #2 + reasoning.
• ▪ Recognize and refute potential opposing viewpoint to theproposition.
• ▪ Transition to proposition #3

o New paragraph(s): Proposition #3

• ▪ Evidence #5 that validates proposition #3. + reasoning.
• ▪ Evidence #6 that validates proposition #3 + reasoning.
• ▪ Recognize and refute potential opposing viewpoint to theproposition.

o New paragraph: Conclusion

• ▪ Briefly review the three (3) propositions.
• ▪ Generate a realistic call-to-action (what should your audience dowith the information that you presented?)o Page(4or5)
  o References

▪ Six (6) sources cited per APA 7th edition.