WCU The Participation Trophies Are Harmful or Helpful Discussion

For this discussion, choose one of the following five controversies and write a thesis statement and four topic sentences to support it. Your topic sentences should make smaller arguments designed to support the overarching argument of your thesis statement.

For the second, third, and fourth topic sentences, remember to also include transitions. Undeline the transitions so that your instructor and classmates can better identify them.

Participation trophies: Harmful or helpful?

Stem cell research: Benefits outweigh the costs?

• Corporal punishment: Good parenting or child abuse?
• College athletes: Should they be allowed to accept endorsement money?
• Gender identity: Nature or nurture?