As a parent how would you feel if your kid was able to drink before he/she graduated high school?
b. Transitional Sentence (Summary of the rule/background info)- A very controversial that has arisen recently is if the drinking age of most states should be lowered to 18.
c. Thesis- Although many believe that the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18, the drinking age should not be lowered because of the development of one’s brain, binge drinking, and less responsibility for teen’s actions.
2. Counter claim-
a. Rebuttal-
3. Body Paragraph #1
a. Topic Sentence (claim) – There are many places in the brain that are affected by the consumption of alcohol during one’s teenage years, but the main two are the Hippocampus and the Prefrontal …show more content…
Body Paragraph #2
a. Topic sentence- “My parents do it so it must not be a big deal”. This is what your teen might say to their friends when first starting to drink. Little do they know it can be addicting and can lead them in the wrong direction.
b. Evidence- In today’s society teens get with their friends and go to parties. They think it is “cool”. When teens attend these parties they consume an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time, which is known as binge drinking.
c. Evidence- Teen who binge drink don’t think anything is going to happen to them, but little do they know binge drinking is associated with many health problems. Such as, heart disease, stroke, cancer, liver disease, alcohol poisoning and many more.
d. Evidence- The dangers of binge drinking by far outweigh the benefits of it. As a matter of fact, there are no benefits of binge drinking. Binge drinking can be lethal, it can be life changing and it is extremely dangerous. So again how would you feel if your child had a change of developing these problems before even graduating high school?
5. Body paragraph #3
a. Topic sentence- As teens we already make impulse decisions, and when teens are drinking and making decisions on impulse things can get out of
b. Transitional Sentence (Summary of the rule/background info)- A very controversial that has arisen recently is if the drinking age of most states should be lowered to 18.
c. Thesis- Although many believe that the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18, the drinking age should not be lowered because of the development of one’s brain, binge drinking, and less responsibility for teen’s actions.
2. Counter claim-
a. Rebuttal-
3. Body Paragraph #1
a. Topic Sentence (claim) – There are many places in the brain that are affected by the consumption of alcohol during one’s teenage years, but the main two are the Hippocampus and the Prefrontal …show more content…
Body Paragraph #2
a. Topic sentence- “My parents do it so it must not be a big deal”. This is what your teen might say to their friends when first starting to drink. Little do they know it can be addicting and can lead them in the wrong direction.
b. Evidence- In today’s society teens get with their friends and go to parties. They think it is “cool”. When teens attend these parties they consume an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time, which is known as binge drinking.
c. Evidence- Teen who binge drink don’t think anything is going to happen to them, but little do they know binge drinking is associated with many health problems. Such as, heart disease, stroke, cancer, liver disease, alcohol poisoning and many more.
d. Evidence- The dangers of binge drinking by far outweigh the benefits of it. As a matter of fact, there are no benefits of binge drinking. Binge drinking can be lethal, it can be life changing and it is extremely dangerous. So again how would you feel if your child had a change of developing these problems before even graduating high school?
5. Body paragraph #3
a. Topic sentence- As teens we already make impulse decisions, and when teens are drinking and making decisions on impulse things can get out of