Read this outline
for an argumentative essay about government.
1. People have different ideas about the role of government.
A. The primary purpose of government is to provide social services.
2. Government should provide services for
people who are poor or elderly.
A. Government can effectively provide the services that
B. Food stamps keep people from going hungry.
poor and elderly people need.
C. Medicare and Medicaid
provide health care.
D. Some people believe social services are an entitlement and not a right,
but
many people could not survive without them.
3. Government's main role is to provide social services, such as food stamps.
The underlined sentence in the outline is the
• conclusion.
•
counterclaim.
evidence
A
introduction.