In ______________________   ___________________’s  
        (brief description-optional)                 (author)   
______________, ___________________(date), (s)he ___________
   (type of work)                      (title)                               (rhetorical verb)
 
that ___________________________________________________.
                                              (main idea/thesis)
 
He/She supports his/her claim by first _________________________  
   (rhetorical verb)
______________________________, then by __________________  
  (reason/support #1)                                             (rhetorical verb)
______________________________, and finally by _____________  
  (reason/support #2)                                                   (rhetorical verb)   
_________________________________.  His purpose is to
               (reason/support #3)
_______________________________________________________
(author’s intended purpose )
in order to ______________________________________________.
(intended change)
He/She uses a ________________________ tone for an audience of
                                     (adjective)  
__________________.
   (intended audience)