Topic Sentences in a Proposal Argument Body-Paragraph

A proposal argument’s goal is to propose a solution to a social, political, or global situation that has a significant impact.

To do this, a clear thesis must be asserted as the last sentence of the introduction paragraph.  Once you have your thesis clearly proposing a solution to the issue, you need to come up with 2 or 3 points that will make this solution work in remedying this issue.  Those 2 or 3 points are what you will make into your body-paragraph topic sentences.  Those 2 or 3 points must be clearly focused on one step in the solution, and they need to be written clearly so that a reader could only read the topic sentence of any given body-paragraph and know exactly what you are attempting to prove in that body-paragraph in relation to your proposal argument’s solution.

KEY POINT: Please remember that for the proposal argument, you need to make sure that your body-paragraph topic sentences—the first sentence of a body-paragraph—relate to aspects of what it is that you are proposing.  To do that, each body-paragraph topic sentence needs to clearly mention a sub-point of the Thesis that will argue a clear solution to the issue.

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Topic Sentences in a Proposal Argument Body-Paragraph

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See the Chapter 9 Textbook Proposal Argument (50 pages) for additional insights into proposal arguments, stages and steps to go through to create one, and how to adequately revise your draft prior to submission for review and scoring.