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Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer

Prompt: Re-read and analyze the passages/texts listed below. After reading the passages, write a well-developed, multi-
paragraph essay that argues whether or not education leads to power. Use specific details from at least two of the texts
we’ve read.

Topic Shame by Dick Gregory

Target Audience (Mrs.
Day)

Claim (in essence, this
is your paper’s thesis)

Reason 1

Supporting Evidence Supporting Evidence Supporting Evidence

Everybody's got a Helene Tucker, a If I knew my place and didn't come too I'd drop money on her stoop late at
symbol of everything you want. I loved close, she'd wink at me and say hello. night on my way back from shining
her for her goodness, her cleanness, her That was a good feeling. Sometimes I'd shoes in the taverns. And she had a
popularity. She'd walk down my street follow her all the way home, and daddy, and he had a good job. He was a
and my brothers and sisters would yell, shovel the snow off her walk and try to paperhanger.
"Here comes Helene," and I'd rub my make friends with her momma and
tennis sneakers on the back of my pants her aunts.
and wish my hair wasn't so nappy and the
white folks' shirt fit me better. I'd run out
on the street..

Commentary Commentary Commentary

The speaker refers to a girl he loved The speaker expresses everything The speaker here says how is the
revealing all his attributes and how he wanted to happen when the two pope of the girl and the work that the
he felt whenever he saw her of them looked at each other and Lord has
he says how he would like it to be
his relationship with the whole
family of the girl

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