Which sentence most clearly describes a narrative?

◯ Three friends join the military together and have an experience that changes their lives.

◯ Men and women can join the military to travel and gain experiences that they'll never forget.

◯ If governments spent the money on education that they do on the military, we wouldn't need the military.

◯ The U.S. military provides training and opportunities that benefit the lives of both men and women.

* Choose a topic. (Your topic should be one you feel strongly about, that has more than one side, and that you can find evidence to support.)

* Take a position. (Begin by taking a position, but know you can change it if your evidence changes your thinking.)

* Write a simple thesis statement. (This should include your topic, your stance, and a list of possible supporting points.)

* Research the topic if necessary. (Take careful notes, gather quotes and details in support of your stance, and accurately record your sources.)

* Make an Outline using the 1-2-3 Structure above (Sample on Page 3).

Introduction - Include a thesis statement - (your topic, your stance, and a brief summary of your supporting points).

- Supporting Points - List main points for supporting paragraphs (Include corresponding arguments and counterarguments. NOTE: Present counterarguments first for a stronger essay).

- Conclusion - Relate your conclusion to your thesis, and use it to tie your supporting points together.

 

* Thesis Paragraph - In the old children's tale, Chicken Little thought the sky was falling. Is that tale coming true? Every day thousands of objects from space enter the earth's atmosphere objects put there by man himself that are now raining back down on him. Though there haven't been any huge catastrophes so far, the problem is getting worse each year, and it is only a matter of time. Due to the increasing risk of space debris falling back to earth in inhabited areas or damaging orbiting spacecraft, we, as a global community, need to define and adopt a

comprehensive policy that eliminates existing space debris and prevents more in the future.

* Supporting paragraph #1 - Putting in place a global plan to control space debris may seem unnecessary to some since the chance of impact is very small, according to the Johnson Space Center, which gave an only 1 in 10,000 risk to humans. [Reference] However, these statistics don't reflect the increase in space debris each year nor the increasing number of maneuvers necessary to protect manned spacecraft like the International Space Station from debilitating and, thereby, possibly life-threatening collisions with space junk. This is borne out by NASA scientist Nicholas Johnson, who confirmed that ... [Give details and references.]

* Conclusion - Although the chance of humans being hit or satellites being damaged by space debris is small at this time and the cost of eliminating and preventing debris would be substantial, the space debris problem is only going to grow. Space debris will become a material threat at some point in the not-too-distant future. The best solution is to take it on now with a global plan.