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- QUESTION
Thesis and Outline
Write an early outline of your essay using the sample Early Outline handout as an example. Be sure to include these three components:
- Topic
- Rough Thesis Statement
- Early outline of essay
Remember that the purpose of this task is to help organize your ideas into a guideline for structuring the essay and getting started with writing a 5-6-page paper.
- It is NOT a formal outline; just a list or guide to help with organization.
Topic: the national language of the United States
Rough/early thesis statement:
English should become the national language of the United States because having a common language is beneficial to citizens in three ways: it promotes unity among the citizens; it helps ensure their safety; and it saves tax money.
Early Essay outline:
- Introduction: the US has no national language
- Background: what is a national language
- Background: why doesn’t the US have one?
- Why the US needs a national language (ends with thesis statement)
- how a national language will create unity
- looks at an example against a national language
- compare and contrast the examples of unity
- safety during natural disasters
- safety: healthcare issues
- safety: work environment
- costs/expenses and problems with second-language learners in schools
- potential costs of pre-citizenship language lessons, vs. increased safety, unity, and lowered tax dollars
- benefits to citizens and new citizens
- popular sentiment for national language
- national language legislation
- personal example
- Conclusion: the US could benefit in many important ways if English was the national language
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Answer
Thesis and Outline: Drug Abuse among Teenagers
Thesis
Drug abuse among teenagers should be abolished because it negatively impacts their physical and educational development, accounts for numerous youth-related deaths, and negatively impacts their adulthood.
Outline
Introduction
Background: Recent years witnessing increasing tendencies of substance and alcohol exploitation among teens and learners (Ahmad, 2016).
Increasing cases of substance or drug abuse among the youth is associated with negative impacts among the youth and society as whole (Ahmad, 2016).
Thesis Statement: drug abuse among teenagers should be abolished because it negatively impacts their physical and educational development, accounts for numerous youth-related deaths, and negatively impacts their adulthood.
1st Topic Sentence: Drug abuse negatively affects the educational and physical development of the youth
Supporting Statement: Substance abuse results in school underperformance, early pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, and depression (Chakravarthy et al., 2013).
2nd Topic Sentence: Drug abuse among teenagers accounts for several death cases of this population.
Supporting statement: The alcohol abuse and illegal prescription drugs are still a main health issue globally (Chakravarthy et al., 2013). In 2011, 211,000 youth-related deaths caused by drug abuse (Somani & Meghani, 2016)
3rd Topic Sentence: The abuse of drugs by the youth negatively impact their adult life
Supporting statement: Youths who engage in drug abuse at tender age become drug addicts during their adult life, which in turn results in the damages households and the community at large (Somani & Meghani, 2016; Nahvizadeh et al., 2014)
Counter Argument: Not all drugs used by the youth are harmful, as some such as marijuana have medicinal properties.
Refuting the Contrary Argument: The abuse of any drug is associated with negative effects on human wellbeing and health, and there is no mechanism established to regulate drug use among the youth in their private spheres (Pednekar, 2016).
Conclusion
Drug abuse should be eradicated as it impacts the youth’s physical and educational development in a negative manner, results in numerous deaths among the youth, and negatively affects the adult life of the youths.
References
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Ahmad, S. (2016). Psycho-Educational Approach to Alcohol and Substance Prevention among Adolescents. GYANODAYA: The Journal of Progressive Education, 9(2), 38–43. https://doi.org/10.5958/2229-4422.2016.00013.X Chakravarthy, B., Shah, S., and Lotfipour, S. (2013). Adolescent drug abuse - Awareness & prevention. The Indian Journal of Medical Research. 1021-1023. Scholarship, University of California. http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/96w025m7. Fisher, G. L, and Nancy, A. R. Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery. Los Angeles [Calif.: SAGE, 2011. Print. Nahvizadeh, M. M., Akhavan, S., Arti, S., Qaraat, L., Geramian, N., Farajzadegan, Z., & Heidari, K. (2014). A review study of substance abuse status in high school students, Isfahan, Iran. International journal of preventive medicine, 5(Suppl 2), S77. Pednekar, P. (2016, Aug 29). 'Peer pressure main reasons behind drug abuse among teenagers.' Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1814559907?accountid=35812 Somani, S., & Meghani, S. (2016). Substance Abuse among Youth: A Harsh Reality. Emergency Medicine: Open Access. 6. 10.4172/2165-7548.1000330.
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