DIRECTIONS: For this assignment, I am asking you to write your thesis statement for MWA2.
In the last essay, you were introduced to the MV2P thesis statement. For this essay, we’re adding another element: the counter!
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- Read through the prompt before you attempt to create your thesis statement:
- Turn in as a PDF with a header, page numbers, title, and your thesis in the body of the page
- I am not asking you to write your entire essay right now, just your thesis statement!
FORMULA & EXAMPLES:
MV2P + COUNTER THESIS (2-3 sentences) SHOULD IDENTIFY:
- The main text
- Arguments of each side
- 2 strats for effective, 1 strat + 1 fall for ineffective
- Value statement [which was more effective]
- Purpose
Ukrainian President Zelensky & US President Trump and VP Vance in their post-meeting 2025 press talk discussed possible reasoning for US aid to Ukraine. Zelensky effectively argued that the US should send aid to Ukraine because of a subjectively moral standpoint through his steady tone and use of collective language, while Trump, through hyperfocus on minutia and charismatic presentation, attempted to argue that the US would only send aid to Ukraine because of Trumps benevolencemaking it more likely for leaders and the public to believe Ukraine to be the victim in this war.
Ukrainian President Zelensky & US President Trump and VP Vance in their post-meeting 2025 press talk discussed possible reasoning for US aid to UkraineZelensky arguing that the US should send aid to Ukraine because of a subjectively moral standpoint while Trump attempted to argue that the US would only send aid to Ukraine because of Trumps benevolence. Zelensky was more effective in his argumentation because of his use of a steady tone and use of collective language, while Trump was less successful in his argumentation hyperfocusing on minutia with a charismatic presentationmaking it more likely for leaders and the public to believe Ukraine to be the victim in this war.
Things to keep in mind:
- To determine which strategies you’ll end up going with, make sure you can find at least two times that strategy was used in the text. If you can do that, then they should be good to go! If you can’t, pivot to strategies that have more examples.
- Remember that you are not being asked to determine whether you agree or disagree with the argument of the speaker, you are determining how effective a text’s argument is based on rhetorical strategies used for a specific audience. You’re seeing how effective they likely were for the people they were trying to make act (buy product, donate money, do something)!
- Use the examples or the given format as a fill-in-the-blanks outline to make it easier for you
Rubric
Requirements: 2-3 sentences

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