Read this outline for an argumentative essay about government.1. People have different ideas about the role of government.A. The primary purpose of government is to provide social services.2. Government should provide services for people who are poor or elderly.A. Government can effectively provide the services that poor and elderly people need.B. Food stamps keep people from going hungry.C. Medicare and Medicaid provide health care.D. Some people believe social services are an entitlement and not a right, but many people could not survive without them.3. Government’s main role is provide to social services, such as food stamps.The underlined sentence in the outline is the
The underlined sentence, “The primary purpose of government is to provide social services,” states the essay’s position on the topic. A position that an argumentative essay will support is its claim. It is not evidence, because it does not give facts or examples, and it is not a counterclaim, which presents an opposing view.
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