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Complete the following outline in complete sentences. Copy and paste the text into a document, or create a document of your own with the same information.

Anything you see in red is simply MY notes for YOU. Delete them out of your outline and fill in YOUR information wherever you see red

Your Writing Prompt

Based on your research, identify and analyze a human rights issue in your novel and show how it relates to real-life issues and affects people within the United States and one other country.

I.                    Introduction

A.      From “fact sheets” by the University of Washington, did you know there is a connection between mental illness and violence being promoted by social media? The mentally incapacitated society has been demoralized for a plethora of years. Social media has had a caustic relationship with the mentally ill for a myriad of years. We need to help the mentally challenged society to improve their lives. We need to quit discriminating against the handicapped society.  We have to stand together to prevent discrimination, provide health care, and provide job opportunities.  

B.      For example in my book “of mice and men” they had poor health care and could not find jobs because they were being discriminated against. Furthermore we need to provide more job programs to help the disabled community.

C.      We have to stand together to prevent discrimination, provide health care, and provide job opportunities.  

II.                  Second Paragraph (Your novel info. As you develop your second paragraph remember that this is the paragraph that will help explain how your novel demonstrates that real life issue. For example, if I was reading the Hunger Games I would focus here on how Katniss was affected because of governments and people turning a blind eye to poverty)

A.      Job employers discriminate against mentally challenged people.

B.      From “the jury awards 13 million in discrimination case.” –VR hub.com, this shows a pizza worker being fired because of a “mental retardation.” People still discriminate today against mentally challenged population. My reasoning is from the article that a mentally challenged employee was working at a pizza restaurant and got fired because of his disability. There are law set in place for the mentally challenged community to help prevent discrimination. We need to be more rigorous on the law to prevent job employers from discriminating due to ones mental state.

C.      This supports my claim because it talks about discrimination to mentally challenged people.

D.     Example, Reason, Detail, or Fact from the text ( Yes – we’re looking for ANOTHER example, reason, detail, or fact here. This is the part of your outline where you should list the details from your notes that you plan to use in this paragraph. You should include page numbers of author names from your sources so you can cite them when you write your first draft)

E.      Explanation (Any time you provide evidence from an outside source, you must explain why you chose to use that evidence. Don’t assume that a quotation from another source sill stand on its own.)

III.                Third Paragraph (The U.S. info. Keep in mind that we are looking at the human rights issue from your novel and how it’s an issue in your novel, in the United States, and in one other country. This would be the paragraph to include information on the United States and the human rights issue.)

A.      Topic Sentence (You’re writing one sentence in this spot. Write out your topic sentence for your first paragraph of supporting evidence. Look closely at your notes to find the best examples that relate to your thesis statement)

B.      Example, Reason, Detail, or Fact from the text (This is the part of your outline where you should list the details from your notes that you plan to use in this paragraph. You should include page numbers of author names from your sources so you can cite them when you write your first draft)

C.      Explanation (Any time you provide evidence from an outside source, you must explain why you chose to use that evidence. Don’t assume that a quotation from another source sill stand on its own.)

D.     Example, Reason, Detail, or Fact from the text ( Yes – we’re looking for ANOTHER example, reason, detail, or fact here. This is the part of your outline where you should list the details from your notes that you plan to use in this paragraph. You should include page numbers of author names from your sources so you can cite them when you write your first draft)

E.      Explanation (Any time you provide evidence from an outside source, you must explain why you chose to use that evidence. Don’t assume that a quotation from another source sill stand on its own.)

IV.                Fourth Paragraph (Another country info. Keep in mind that we are looking at the human rights issue from your novel and how it’s an issue in your novel, in the United States, and in one other country. This would be the paragraph to include information on the one other country you researched)

A.      Topic Sentence (You’re writing one sentence in this spot. Write out your topic sentence for your first paragraph of supporting evidence. Look closely at your notes to find the best examples that relate to your thesis statement)

B.      Example, Reason, Detail, or Fact from the text (This is the part of your outline where you should list the details from your notes that you plan to use in this paragraph. You should include page numbers of author names from your sources so you can cite them when you write your first draft)

C.      Explanation (Any time you provide evidence from an outside source, you must explain why you chose to use that evidence. Don’t assume that a quotation from another source sill stand on its own.)

D.     Example, Reason, Detail, or Fact from the text ( Yes – we’re looking for ANOTHER example, reason, detail, or fact here. This is the part of your outline where you should list the details from your notes that you plan to use in this paragraph. You should include page numbers of author names from your sources so you can cite them when you write your first draft)

E.      Explanation (Any time you provide evidence from an outside source, you must explain why you chose to use that evidence. Don’t assume that a quotation from another source sill stand on its own.)

V.                  Conclusion

A.      Transition (In your outline, use a transition word or phrase to signal that the end of the essay is coming. Avoid the obvious ‘In conclusion,’ as this does not provide a smooth transition. Try using a word or phrase that connects the concluding paragraphs to the paragraphs that have come before it. ‘From these examples, we can see that…’ is one possibility)

B.      Connection to introduction (Look at your introductory paragraph. What topics did you describe? What methods did you use to ‘hook’ your reader? Use similar techniques in your conclusion to create a feeling that the reader has come full circle by the end of your essay)

C.      Synthesize (This is the part of your outline where you must synthesize the ideas you have presented in your essay. Bring together what your reader should have learned and then comment on why this information is significant.)