ARGUMENT ESSAY PREWRITING AND PLAN 1
Argument Essay Prewriting and Plan
English 147
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, ARGUMENT ESSAY PREWRITING AND PLAN 3
Argument Essay Prewriting and Plan
Pre-writing, Argumentative Essay Introduction and Thesis, an Argumentative Plan, and
First Sources
1. Your Revised Thesis Statement: Please provide, from your Week 1 Assignment and revise
according to your instructor’s feedback if applicable, your tentative thesis statement, with a clear
stance and situated within a debate.
To guarantee the freedom of expression for filmmakers, to expose the hidden truths in society,
and to discourage piracy, there should be, as far as possible, no form of censorship of films.
2. Your Prewriting: With your thesis in mind, perform prewriting.
a. Brainstorm for a list of five reasons your stance is important and valid and write those five
reasons below.
• Censorship encourages piracy
• It is important to enable exposure of the hidden truths in the society
• To uphold the freedom of expression
• Censorship represses one group of people in favor for what the majority wants
• Censorship allows people to create a specific narrative in society to call it truth such as
violent movies influence violent behavior in children.
• Censorship prevents individual from expressing themselves freely
b. Brainstorm for a list of five reasonable opposing arguments others may make against your
thesis/stance and write those five opposing arguments below.
• Censorship enables the society to preserve morality.
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