The first thing you need to do is pick your topic, figure out your stance, and start researching :). So you could write about gun accidents, but that doesn’t necessarily lend itself to a pro/con position. Guns on college campuses is a good topic because it gives you space to say that you support it or are against it. Other gun topics that you could form arguments for are increased gun regulation, banning guns, and increasing requirements for gun ownership, among others. The good news for most of these topics, including guns on campus, is that there are a lot of articles out there on these issues so you’ll have a lot of research to choose from. Once you know your topic and whether you’re for or against that issue, then start reading articles to find sources that agree with your position and sources that object to your position. This will help you learn the major justifications for that support your argument and help you start formulating a rebuttal for the opposition. Then in your paper, you’ll write about three things that support your position, and present one counter argument against your position and refute that. I hope that helps!!

Hi Steph! That’s a great story! Basically “The Lottery” is about a town in middle America that partakes in an annual ritual to stone one resident to death in order to ensure a good harvest. There are a lot of themes in this story, including scapegoating, mob mentality, and the danger of blindly following tradition. It’s meant to be shocking that anyone in modern times would do something so barbaric, especially these people who seem so normal and ordinary. I hope that helps! – Amanda

Hi Cherrie,

You can definitely talk about climate change in Canada in 2016, but you’ll want to try and narrow that down for sure. Climate change is a big topic! Is this another argumentative essay that you’re writing or a different kind of essay?

To help narrow down your topic, what aspect of climate change do you want to talk about? If you’re not sure or need some ideas, you can check out this Kibin blog that’s got some great sources on global warming (climate change): https://www.kibin.com/essay-writing-blog/global-warming-articles/ These might help give you some ideas of places you’d like to start. I’d suggest trying to focus on a specific aspect of climate change. You could talk about how climate change impacted Canada in 2016, or you could talk about how Canada took steps to combat climate change in 2016.

The angle that you take might also depend on the assignment prompt, so you want to keep that in mind as well. This Kibin blog about narrowing your topic might also be a good resource to help you focus your thoughts: https://www.kibin.com/essay-writing-blog/how-to-narrow-a-topic/

What topic are you writing about? The first steps you’ll want to take are finding sources based on your topic and formulating an opinion about what those sources have to say. You’ll want to look for answers to some of the following questions and ideas: What common threads can you find in your sources? Do some of your sources contradict each other? How is the information different between sources? How does the type of source show bias or reveal something about the author’s intentions?

These are great starting points to help you start synthesizing your research!

Hi Alex L, thank you for helping us out about the thesis on Feminism, this time I have thesis about climate change, Is it possible to use ” climate change in canada from 2016? I really dont know how to narrow it down…..

Topic is climate change

Actually, I don’t understand the whole structure of this synthesis essay and how to write.