Keep in mind, first of all, that the arguments for this
essay will most likely be based on your own experiences, observations, and/or things
you've read. Keeping this in mind, in order to tackle this essay, I suggest you do the
following steps in order:
- Decide which side of
the question you will ultimately choose. "Sitting on the fence" (or arguing both sides)
usually makes for a generally weak essay. - (If you cannot
decide, brainstorm ideas for both sides and choose the one for which you have the most
answers. Don't worry about what you actually believe. Go with what you have the most
information for.) - Change the prompt question to be an
open-ended question in favor of your side. Example: Why are the actions of
individuals more valuable than the actions of
groups/teams? - Brainstorm as many answers to
the above question as possible. Be both broad and specific in your ideas. If you put
down a general idea, for example, try to expand that idea into some specifics by coming
up with examples. Definitely come up with specific
examples to illustrate your ideas. - Hone
your brainstormed list into three categories. Your categories will either come from
your ideas (as in, group examples under similar headings) or you can simply say,
...based on my experience,
observations, and
readings... and allow these to be your
three categories for examples. - Outline your paper using
the larger idea categories as paragraph topic sentences. Put one or two well-detailed
examples under each main point.
The outline
will become the body of your essay and then all you have left is to add an introduction
and conclusion.
If you are looking for
ideas for the prompt (some discussion to help you get started) I
highly encourage you to post the question in the discussion forum under the "Social
Sciences" group.
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