SAMPLE PERSUASIVE OUTLINE – AVERAGE
Student Y
February 17, 2005
Section AY

Topic: Euthanasia
Goal: To persuade the audience that physician-assisted suicide, which is a subset category of euthanasia, should be a legal option.
Thesis: All terminally ill patients or individuals in chronic severe pain should have the option of a peaceful and quick death to minimize suffering.

Introduction
A. Attention Gaining Device: On November 23, 2000 my mother passed away. She had terminal ovarian cancer, but that was not the cause of her death.
B. Significance for this audience: There are so many terminal illnesses in the world, that there is a significant chance that you will at some point know someone, if you do not already, who is terminally ill (American Cancer Society). 556,500 American were expected to die of cancer in 2003. Oregon is the only state that is not standing by and watching individuals suffer. It is the only state in the US where the option of assisted......

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Title: Euthanisa Outline
Approximate Word Count: 986
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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