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Title (at top) Thesis statement

Example Global Warming Despite the supposed evidence of global warming, it is not a real concern and that the media has misled the public.

Each subtopic point, becomes a topic sentence

I. Facts about climate change (historical trends) I. Throughout the history of the Earth, temperatures have varied, or cycled. A. Historically, there have been periods of warmer and cooler weather. 1. Ancient Egypt showed average temperatures of 40 degrees in the winter months. a. Olive industry b. Adaptations to lifestyle 2. More recently, the United States had record cool temperatures in the southern region, which usually remains warmer in the winter months. a. Georgia had a blizzard in the winter of 2011 1. snow fall stats. 2. emergency preparations b. Florida has had several years of frost damage to its orange industry. B. In the last century, temperatures have fluctuated over a range of 96 degrees. 1. 2.

II. Examples of problems supposedly caused by global warming I. Despite the evidence against it, global warming is blamed for too many of our environmental issues. A. The melting of the polar ice caps are ‘scientifically’ a result of global warming. 1. Real cause a. support b. support 2. Why scientists think that it is a global warming issue a. support B. Polar bears are losing their homes supposedly due to global warming. 1. 2.

Conclusion Global warming is not a real issue, rather it is a fabrication of the environmentalists and the media.