Friday, January 8, 2016

Practicing the Introduction of an Opinion Essay

Below is an example of part of a possible writing task you could see on the TN Ready Part 1 Assessment.  We have practiced the parts of an opinion essay.  We have become excellent at the first part, the introduction, of an opinion essay.  I want you to prove you are excellent at writing an introduction!  Read the prompt below and write an introduction that shows me what you can do.

You are a writing for a popular WWI website.  You have been assigned to give your opinion on whether or not the U.S. should have entered WWI.  You have read two texts to help you prepare for this task:

  1. The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare
  2. Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram
Remember all the skills we have worked on in class this week.  Be sure to focus on using great grammar skills when you write.  I can't wait to read them.

115 comments:

  1. Have you ever thought about the U.S. entering WWI? I have I think about it in Social Studies class. I have read 2 text "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram." In this thesis I am going to tell you my opinion on whether or not the U.S. should have entered WWI. My opinion about this is that the U.S. should have entered WWI.

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    1. I like your hook but in your second sentence you put i have i think.

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    2. I really liked your intro! I don't have anything bad to say except you forgot a comma in the second sentence after I have but everybody makes mistakes. Great Job!

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    3. I like your hook ,but you did not have to put I have I think about...

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    4. I like how you stared your Introduction but, I wish you would not have put the 2 for your texts.

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  2. Have you ever herd of a world war? The three texts I am reading is the "the sinking of the Lusitania the "Zimmerman Telegram and "Submarine Warfare. Now I am going to tell you my opinion. My opinion is that America should have entered would war one.

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    1. I really like your hook. I wish that you would of put your purpose I think it would of been good

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    2. I like your hook but your purpose is good but not about your topic.

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    3. I like your hook but you put thee text not two when you named the text.

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    4. A really good hook,but you misspelled a word.

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    5. you did not have a purpose but i like how you named all your texts

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    6. Good hook! WE only read two texts though.

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    7. I like your but there is no purpose.

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  3. Do you like WWI well I do. I have recently read two texts: "The Sinking of The Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "transcripts of the Zimmerman telegram". In this thesis I am going to give my opinion on whether or not the U.S. should of entered WWI. My opinion is that the U.S. should not of entered WWI.

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    1. I wish that you used more academic vocabulary!

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  4. What do you think should we have joined WWI? I have read the texts:The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare and Zimmerman Telegram. I will tell you what I think about the U.S. joining WWI. I think we should of not joined WWI.

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    1. Your hook was good but your quotations on your text

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  5. Do you like WWI well I do. I have recently read two texts: "The Sinking of The Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "transcripts of the Zimmerman telegram". In this thesis I am going to give my opinion on whether or not the U.S. should of entered WWI. My opinion is that the U.S. should not of entered WWI.

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    1. If you start with a question, then use a question mark at the end of it. You did a great job naming your texts. Also, I love how you said "In this thesis..." Be sure to put a comma after thesis because that is an transitional phrase and has to be separated from the rest of the sentence.

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  6. Do you think that the U.S. should have entered World War I? The texts I have read are "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram". In this thesis I am going to give my opinion whether or not the U.S. should have entered WWI. My opinion is that I think the U.S. should have entered WWI.

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    1. I like your hook. I found no spelling or missing parts.

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    2. You did everything right. You have all your parts of an introduction: a hook, named your texts, told your purpose, and gave your opinion. When you write "In this thesis" use a comma after it to separate it from the rest of the sentence.

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  7. Have you ever thought about if we should of ever entered WWI?I have read "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram".We are going to talk about if we should have entered WWI.I think tat we should have entered WWI.

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    1. WISH: You never told us your opinion.

      STAR: I like what you said because i agree with you on that the U.S. should have entered WWI.

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    2. I really liked your hook, and all that was wrong was that you had a few spelling errors. Great Job!

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  8. Do you thank the USA should have went in to WWI. I got my information from "The Sinking of the Lusitania"and"transcripts of the Zimmerman telegram". in this thesis I am going to tell u my opinion about if the USA should have joind the war.YES!!!thay did the right thing to fight back!

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    1. WISH: You said thank instead of think.

      STAR: I like how you said I got my information from.....

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    2. you can wright your 0pinion a little clearer

      I liked your Intro

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    3. I like how you said thesis but, I wish you didn't put u when you said you where going to tell your opinion.

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  9. Have you ever heard of WWI? I have recently read "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram". In this thesis, I am going to tell my opinion about whether or not the U.S. should have entered WWI. My opinion is that the U.S. shouldn't have entered WWI.

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    1. I like how you put " In this thesis" I could not find any spelling or anything you missed you did GREAT !!!

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    2. good gramar but you just stop you dont lead of

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  10. No,because we really got in the way when WWI was happening between Japan and Germany.What I am going to do in my opinion is tell if we sould of been in the WWI or not.My opinion is no.

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    1. I like your purpose but you did not add a hook good job

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    2. You misspelled should

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    3. You did not put your Intro

      I liked your Purpose

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    4. You have no hook
      I like your opinion

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    5. I liked your purpose,but there is no hook.

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  11. Should the U.S have entered WWI? I have read "The sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram". I have bean assigned to give my opinion on whether or not the U.S. should have entered war WWI. In my opinion, the U.S. should have entered WWI.

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  12. Do you think that U.S. should have went into WWI . I just read two text The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare and Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram . I will tell if I think that the U.S. should have enterd WWI.I think that they should have

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    1. good hook but you said i will tell if think

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  13. Do you think that the U.S should have been in WWI.I got this information from "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare"and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram".In this thesis i'm going to talk about should america be in WWI or not be in WWI.I think that the U.S should be in WWI.

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    1. You story is good but in your hook you did not put a question mark.

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    2. Your story is good but you forgot a question mark.

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  14. Do you think the U.S should have entered WWI?The texts are "The Sinking Of The Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram". In my essay I am going to give my opinion on whether or not the U.S should have entered WWI.I think that they should have entered WWI.

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  15. Have you ever been hurt well that happened a lot in WWI and the texts " Sinking of the Lusitania." and " Submarine Warfare " and " Transcripts of the Zimmerman telegram." Tell some of the mane reasons why the U.S joined the war and my purpose of this is to tell people a few reasons why U.S joined the war and my opinion is that the U.S should have joined the war because we would not have a few things we have today.

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    1. I love your hook. But you added a reason for your opinion.

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  16. Have you ever wanted to know about WWI?Well,read this.The texts that i'm using is "The Sinking of The Lusitania and Submarine Warfare"and "the Zimmerman Telegram."Mi opinion is we should of entered WWI.

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    1. you do not have a purpose BUT really like the hook

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    2. LIKE THE HOOK NO PURPOSE

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    3. GOOD HOOK NO PURPOSE

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    4. I like your hook but,I wish you would have put a purpose and spelled my corectly

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  17. PEW! PEW! should the U.S.be involved in world WWI from the texts that I recently read ''sinking of the Lusitania'' , and ''the Zimmerman telegram '' because if we fought with Great Britain we may stop Germany ,and we may win so we should be involved WWI!!!!!!!!!

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    1. GOOD!GOOD,but you didn't put the full name:(.

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    2. You need to capitalize Telegram and Sinking because they are titles.

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    3. nice hook! I wish you put some more stoping points in your introduction.

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    4. Remember, you should never tell why you think something in your introduction. You need to save your reasons for your body. Also, you wrote this in one, long sentence. You need to have separate sentences for each part: hook, texts, purpose, and opinion statement.

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    5. Good intro... but I WISH You wouldn't have had reasons.

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  18. Have you heard of the World War I ? I have recently read : "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine warfare" and The Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram. In this thesis, I am going to my opinion whether or not the United States should have entered WWI. My opinion is that the US should not have entered WWI.

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    1. Alexandra (lexi) JoyceJanuary 8, 2016 at 9:35 AM

      I like it but you said i going my opinion. reread before you post next time!<3

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    2. Alexandra (lexi) JoyceJanuary 8, 2016 at 9:38 AM

      I like your Thesis so far.

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    3. I like your hook. Forgot to put quotations around the next text.

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  19. Hey,do you know why the US joined the WWI?
    Well, in this thesis I am going to tell you about why the joined the WWI the text I have recently read are"The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram." My opinion is the US should have.

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  20. good job but you could of made it longer

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    1. I like your Hook but,you could have done better on your purpose

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  21. Should the U.S. have entered WW1? We have recently read two texts : "The Sinking of the Lusitania" and "Transcript of Zimmerman Telegram." In this thesis, I will be giving my opinion on if the U.S. should have entered the WW1. I do believe that the U.S. made the right the choice by entering WW1.

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    1. Good Hook and nice introduction Seth

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    2. You might need to take the word "the" out behind right and before choice

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    3. The hook is good but I wish you would of done the full title

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  22. World War 2, one of the biggest wars in history. Should the United States have entered this horrible war? Recently, I have read two texts: "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram." In this thesis, I will tell you why America shouldn't have entered World War 2.

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    1. Great job! Wrong topic.

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    2. Good introduction Hallie, but it was about WWI not WWII

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    3. Oh. Yeah... I have WW2 on my mind.

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    4. star: i like how you put thesis wish: you wrote about WW2

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    5. Good job! Same thing that Seth said, though. It is about World War One, not two.

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    6. I liked your hook, but, we're studding WW1.

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    7. Good hook, but wrong topic.

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    8. This thesis would have been a good one if it was the right topic

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    9. At least WW2 is coming up!!!

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    10. Wrong war but great pargraph

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    11. good job overall but You did the wrong war

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  23. Do you think that the U.S. should've entered WW1? In my opinion,I think that they should. In this thesis,I'll be telling you all about my opinion. I got my thought from the books "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcrips of the Zimmerman Telegram." After you read my thesis,you probably might have a thought about your own opinion!

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    1. star: good hook wish: i think you should put your opinion at the end

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    2. Its better to put your opinion last and thesis before that but other than that you have a pretty good intro.

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    3. I enjoyed your hook, but the word belief was a little too repetitive.

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  24. Do you think that the U.S. should have gone to war? I have recently read two texts: " The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegraph."
    In this thesis, I will be writing an essay on whether or not the U.S. should have entered WW1. My opinion is that the U.S. should have not entered WW1.

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    1. Nice hook! just remember to add commas after transition words!

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  25. Have you ever wondered why the U.S entered WW1? In this article I will tell you my opinion if the U.S should've joined WW1. After reading " The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and " Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram" I have came to the decision that the U.S should've entered the war. ( and they did )

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    1. Star: I love your hook! Wish:a few transition words!!

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  26. Have you ever thought back to WW1 and wondered if you should've entered the war or just mind our own business? I have recently read two texts: "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram." In this essay, I will be telling you my opinion on whether we should have or shouldn't have entered WW1. In my opinion, I believe the United States should've stayed out of WW1.

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    1. Star:I like your hook! Wish:I think you should add a little bit onto your hook

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    2. Great job! I love your hook and how you remembered to put a colon when naming your texts. you could of used thesis instead of essay. Other than that yours was good!

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  27. Do you think America should have entered World War I? In this thesis, I will tell you my opinion on how America should or shouldn't have entered the war. Based on the two texts I've read:"The Sinking of The Lusitania" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram," I believe America should have entered World War I. Read on to learn more.

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    1. Good but you didn't tell your reason

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    2. Your hook is great. But I do not think that you should have said "...to learn more"

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  28. Do you think that the U.S. should have entered WWI? In this essay I will tell my opinion on whether or not the U.S. should have entered WWI.I will use:"The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcript of the Zimmerman Telegram." My opinion is, I think that the U.S. should have entered WWI.

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  29. Boom! What was that? If you were in WW1, you probably heard that all of the time. Do you believe that the United States should of entered the war? Or do you think they should've stayed out of it? In this thesis, I will give my opinion on whether the United Sates should've stayed out of the war, or if they needed to join. After reading the two texts: "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram", I strongly believe that the United States needed to stay out of the war.

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  30. Do you think the U.S. should have entered WWI.What inspired me to write this was two texts one called ''The sinking of the Lustania and Submarine Warfare and the other called Transcripts of the Zimmermen Telegram.I will tell you why the U.S. should have entered the war or why they should have stayed out of it.My opinion is the U.S. should have entered WWI.

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    1. Remember to put commas after transition words.

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  31. BOOM!!! The U.S. has fired upon Germany. Do you think this should of happened, or should the U.S. of stayed neutral? I believe we should of stayed neutral. We have read "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and Transcripts of "The Zimmerman Telegram" In this thesis I will tell you why I believe the U.S. should of stayed neutral.

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    1. Good job! I love it! Although, you did forget a period.

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  32. Have you ever heard of the World War 1? I have recently read two texts: "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcript of the Zimmermann Telegram". Today in this thesis, I will give my beliefs on whether or not the United States of America should have joined World War 1 and reasons why that is my belief. In my opinion, the United States should have joined World War 1. Read on to find out why that is my belief.

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  33. Do you ever wonder sit home and think,"I wonder if the U.S should have joined WW1?"
    Well in this thesis I will tell you my opinion. I think that the U.S shouldn't have joined WW1.

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    1. You did a good job! But you forgot to name your texts.

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  34. Do you think the U.S should have entered WW1? In this thesis, I will tell you what I think about the U.S entering the war. I have came to a opinion based off the text:"The sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and "Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram" that we should have entered the war.

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  35. WW1 it was bad for the central powers but it was GOOD FOR US THE ALLIED POWERS! In this thesis I will use the text TheSinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare and the Transcript of the Zimmerman Telegram. I'll use those to backup my opinion on the question should ave the U.S. have joined WW1.My opinion is the U.S. should have joined WW1.

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  36. Do you like to study about wars? I do, but I don't like to get involved with wars.We have recently read two texts:"The Sinking Of The Lusitania And Submarine Warfare"and"Transcripts Of The Zimmerman Telegram"In this text I will give my opinion on whether or not the U.S should have entered World War 1. In the end I don't think the U.S should have entered the war. IF you want to find out more read on.

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  37. Should have made it longer but great hook

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  38. Do you think the U.S. should have entered WWI? Recently I have read two texts:Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram, and The sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare. Based on information for the two texts I have come to a conclusion. My conclusion is that the U.S. made a good decision to enter World War 1. In the thesis you are about to read you will find out why I think it was a good decision to enter WWI.

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  39. Do you like WW1 I do do you think we should have entered I do. i read these texts to aid my opinion the "sinking of the lusitania" and the "zimmerman telegram" if we did not enter the war the slaughter would continue. thats why i think it was good to enter WW1.

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  40. Do you think that the U.S. should have
    entered W.W.1. or no? We have recently read
    two texts:The Sinking of the Luisitania and
    Submarine Warfare. I'm going to tell whether or not U.S. should have entered W.W.1.
    I think we should.

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  41. You are a hot and sweaty American soldier. Your friend just got shoot in the shoulder but you must keep shooting at the Germans. I have recently read two texts called, "The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine warfare" and "The Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram." In this thisis I will tell you my opinion about wether or not America should have entered WW1. I think that Americas should have.

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  42. Do you think the U.S. should have entered World War 1? I have recently read the two texts:" The Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare" and " Transcripts of the Zimmerman Telegram." In this thesis,I will use the two texts that I read to give details and state my opinion on whether or not the U.S. should have entered the first World War. I believe the United States should have entered World War 1.

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