School: Law and Renewable Energy Technologies
SUGGESTED ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY THESIS STATEMENTS
POWER AND THE INDIVIDUAL/SOCIETY
1- Same sex marriages should be legalized. 2- Same sex marriages should not be legalized. 3- The production and sale of cigarettes should be illegal. 4- The production and sale of cigarettes should not be illegal. 5- Military service should be compulsory. 6- Military service should not be compulsory.
POWER AND NATIONS
1- Religion is the main cause of wars. 2- Religion does not cause wars. 3- Turkey should ban trade with China. 4- Turkey should not ban trade with China. 5- The most powerful nation on Earth is __________.
POWER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
1- Gambling should be legalized. 2- Gambling should not be legalized. 3- Juvenile offenders should be tried and punished as adults. 4- Juvenile offenders should not be tried and punished as adults. 5- Law enforcement cameras are an invasion of privacy. 6- Law enforcement cameras are not an invasion of privacy. 7- Convicted sex offenders should be exposed. 8- Convicted sex offenders should not be exposed. 9- Sex offenders should be castrated. 10- Sex offenders should not be castrated. 11- Intellectual property should be protected under the law. 12- Intellectual property should not be protected under the law. 13- Current intellectual property rights laws negatively impact the development of new technologies.
POWER AND THE MEDIA
1- The Turkish media is biased. 2- The Turkish media is not biased. 3- File sharing programs should be banned. 4- File sharing programs should not be banned. 5- Social networking sites are a threat to personal privacy. 6- Social networking sites are not a threat to personal privacy. 7- The government should censor Internet content that is deemed inappropriate. 8- The government should not censor Internet content. 9- Advertisements are informative. 10-
POWER AND THE INDIVIDUAL/SOCIETY
1- Same sex marriages should be legalized. 2- Same sex marriages should not be legalized. 3- The production and sale of cigarettes should be illegal. 4- The production and sale of cigarettes should not be illegal. 5- Military service should be compulsory. 6- Military service should not be compulsory.
POWER AND NATIONS
1- Religion is the main cause of wars. 2- Religion does not cause wars. 3- Turkey should ban trade with China. 4- Turkey should not ban trade with China. 5- The most powerful nation on Earth is __________.
POWER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
1- Gambling should be legalized. 2- Gambling should not be legalized. 3- Juvenile offenders should be tried and punished as adults. 4- Juvenile offenders should not be tried and punished as adults. 5- Law enforcement cameras are an invasion of privacy. 6- Law enforcement cameras are not an invasion of privacy. 7- Convicted sex offenders should be exposed. 8- Convicted sex offenders should not be exposed. 9- Sex offenders should be castrated. 10- Sex offenders should not be castrated. 11- Intellectual property should be protected under the law. 12- Intellectual property should not be protected under the law. 13- Current intellectual property rights laws negatively impact the development of new technologies.
POWER AND THE MEDIA
1- The Turkish media is biased. 2- The Turkish media is not biased. 3- File sharing programs should be banned. 4- File sharing programs should not be banned. 5- Social networking sites are a threat to personal privacy. 6- Social networking sites are not a threat to personal privacy. 7- The government should censor Internet content that is deemed inappropriate. 8- The government should not censor Internet content. 9- Advertisements are informative. 10-