Outline I Intro: Georgia should raise the HS dropout age from 16 to 18 II 1st Body Paragraph: 1st Argument Reason 1 to raise the age III 2nd Body Paragraph: 2nd Argument Reason 2 to raise the age IV 3rd Body Paragraph: 3rd Argument Reason 3 to raise the age V Conclusion

Thesis Statement The thesis statement is that sentence or two in your text that contains the focus of your essay and tells your reader what the essay is going to be about. The thesis statement goes at the end of the introduction

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MLA - Citing Internet Sources I Parenthetical Reference To cite an internet source in your text, only include the author’s last name. You do NOT include a page number: (Jones)  no page number needed If your source does not have an author, use an abbreviated form of the title of the webpage: Example: “How to Build a House” Parenthetical Reference: (Build a House)

II Reference Include the following information in your reference: Author and/or editor names (if available) Article name in quotation marks (if applicable) Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers. Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date. Medium of publication. Date you accessed the material. URL Example: "MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Web Publications)." Owl Purdue University. Online Writing Lab. Web. 19 Sept. 2014. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/.

MLA – Citing Books The following information is necessary in the stated order: Author: Last and first name Title of Book: ICCS Rocks! Place of Publication: Augusta Publishing House: Imaginary Publishing Year of Publication: 2014 Medium: Print Example: Jordan, Teresa. ICCS Rocks! Augusta: Imaginary Publishing, 2014. Print.