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  **Introduction Paragraph** The goal is to grab the readers attention, and layout your “argument” (main points). Details, facts, opinions, etc are fort he body paragraphs. In your Intro, develop a strong thesis statement and focus on **telling**, **not explaining** , what your main points will be in your essay. **THESIS STATEMENT:** ** //War can cost a lot of money and can cause a country to fall into debt.// ** **HOOK:** //a statement that GRABS attention - a powerful thought, quote, fact, etc.// **Main Point 1:** //The wars in the United States since 2001 has cost us over 1 trillion dollars and that number continues to rise.//   **Main Point 2:** //In an article published by the Washington post experts say that the total cost of the Iraq war will reach 3 trillion dollars//   **Main Point 3: Wars can make an economy crumble.**    **Body Paragraphs** The “meat and potatoes” of your essay. This is where you give the foundation of your argument, make your point, convince the reader that your thesis statement is true, action must be taken, change needs to happen, etc.     **Body 1** Support Detail/Evidence 1: The New York times published various graphs showing that the current wars are the second most expensive only behind War World 2. **Detail Explanation:** This proves my main point because the graphs show that the cost of these wars have been around 1.15 trillion dollars so far. **Support Detail/Evidence 2:** According to Joseph Stiglitz, as of February 2010 we spend 2 billion dollars a week to 12 billion dollars a month. **Support Detail/Evidence 3:** There is an real time estimation for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars called the "cost of war". The Iraq war has cost us over 725 billion dollars and the Afghanistan war has cost us over 275 billion dollars.  **Detail Explanation:** This proves my point because these wars cost up to 1 trillion dollars.  **Transition Statement: At this rate the war in Iraq can cost trillions of dollars alone.**  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0pt;"> **Body 2** Support Detail/Evidence 1: The war in iraq has already cost us over 700 billion dollars. **Detail Explanation:** This proves my point because the cost continues to climb every second. **Support Detail/Evidence 2:** Through September of 2010 the government has spent 900 billion dollars on the war in iraq. **Support Detail/Evidence 3:** Joseph stiglitz wrote an article in the washington post about the estimate he made about the iraq war. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0pt;"> **Body 3** **Main Point 1: Wars can make an economy crumble.** Support Detail/Evidence 1: With all the spending on war prices for many things have gone up. **Detail Explanation:** chances are your support detail/evidence is a “copy/paste”. thats ok! here is your chance to explain it and make it your own. why does this prove your main point. **Support Detail/Evidence 2:** Obama said that the price of gas is 4 times as much as it was before iraq. <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15;"> **Detail Explanation:** This proves my point because when prices skyrocket it affects the economy negatively. **Support Detail/Evidence 3:** Wars can affect the stock market negatively. **Detail Explanation:** This proves my point because the stock market plays a huge role in economies. **Transition Statement:** //a statement that leads, guides the reader to the next paragraph// <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: #f0f0f0; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: #cccccc; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: #cccccc; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 6px; padding: 10px;"> Edit this page (if you have permission) – Published by Google Doc
 * Main Point 1:** //The wars in the United States since 2001 has cost us over 1 trillion dollars and that number continues to rise.//
 * Detail Explanation:** This proves my point because when you add up all the money we spend every week and month you get close to 1 trillion dollars.
 * Main Point 1:** //Some experts predict that the war in Iraq will cost the U.S. over 3 trillion dollars.//
 * Detail Explanation:** This proves my point because if this war continues to go on it will eventually reach 3 trillion dollars.
 * Detail Explanation; This proves my point because he is saying in this article that its definetly going to reach 3 trillion and his estimate may of even been to low.**
 * Transition Statement:** //With all the spending on wars econimies can really suffer.//