“Persuasive writing. An argumentative essay dealing with the issue of technology and popular media. You’ll write an argumentative paper taking a specific position on the issue and then offering a well-developed, researched support for your position. ”

Criteria:
A strong thesis statement that makes clear your argumentative claim

Topic: Technology + popular media
Issue: Is Tiger Woods the greatest golfer of all time?
Thesis: As the only golfer in the history to be ranked as the world’s number 1 for more than 679 weeks, Tiger Woods has the statistics in his favor when it comes to the crowning of the biggest player of all time within the sport. With his “new” look of a professional golfer that spends countless of hours in a gym trying to maximize his physical abilities; he has taken the game to another level.

Works Cited

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Gutman, Bill. Tiger Woods : Golf’s Shining Young Star. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 1998. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 12 Apr. 2014.
Kearns, Brad. How Tiger Does It : Put The Success Formula Of A Champion Into Everything You Do. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 12 Apr. 2014.
Londino, Lawrence J. Tiger Woods : A Biography. Santa Barbara: Greenwood, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
Sirimarco, Elizabeth. Tiger Woods. [N.p.]: Capstone Books, 2001. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 12 Apr. 2014.