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Why Walmart is good for American Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Walmart discount stores, supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club locations in the U.S. The company is on top of the Fortune 500 in 2010 (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/). As the nation’s largest and most profitable retailer, it’s no surprise that Walmart has been the target of the debates from social to economic and political issues. Despite of the anti-Wal-Mart campaign, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has been a symbol of business success. The high volume in business enables Wal-Mart to offer low price products and services that other retailers cannot, provide numerous jobs, contribute millions dollars of tax for the government and also millions of dollars for charities. In many ways, Wal-Mart Incorporation has been bringing many benefits to Americans. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the nation largest private employer. The company provides million of jobs in the United States alone. Wh

Thesis Your thesis needs to take a side, either PRO or CON. Ex: “Walmart has been the most beneficial establishment in America in the past thirty years.” Support There needs to be significant support for every point. Remember: your opinion is an opinion - NOT support. You need support to back up your opinion (literally to support your opinion). Support will come in the form of: Quotes from scholarly sources Quotes from interviews Facts, figures, and statistics Personal stories Topic Sentences The first sentence of each paragraph should sum up what the entire paragraph will be about. There should not be any sentences in the paragraph that do not relate to the topic sentence. All sentences in each paragraph need to relate to the topic sentence. Walmart has benefited Americans because it saves people money. -statistic about amount of money saved -quote about saving money -information about recession, debt, etc. In addition to saving people money, Walmart has al

After reading “Up Against Walmart” and “Progressive Walmart. Really” compose an essay arguing that Walmart is beneficial to Americans and should remain in business OR arguing that Walmart has harmed America and should be boycotted (or describe other action that should be taken). Remember: you MUST take a side – your essay cannot argue both sides. That being said, you need to remember to enter into the conversation. There is a “they say” already taking place, in what you read in class, in other readings you have done, and in our class debate. Find a way to enter into this discussion. Your essay should present your opinion (your argument) and then should support it with a number of points (remember, your opinion is not strong enough support – you need facts and quotes to back up your points). Each of these points could be divided into 1-3 paragraphs. You should end with a strong conclusion. You must include at least 4 quotes and need to utilize at least six scholarly resources

What is an essay? Essay (noun): 1. An attempt; a try; an experiment 2. A work of multi-paragraph, non-fiction writing that considers one subject (such as your cat, global warming, or how to get rich selling steak knives) from a certain point of view Parts of the Traditional Essay: INTRODUCTION: The first paragraph getting your reader interested and getting your reader ready for your thesis. THESIS STATEMENT: One or two sentences stating the main idea of the whole essay. In the traditional essay, the thesis statement is placed at the end of the introduction paragraph. BODY PARAGRAPHS: After the introduction, three or more additional paragraphs, to make supporting points that support the thesis and give your reader lots of specific details and evidence. In each body paragraph there is a sentence stating the main idea (main point) of that body paragraph, called the TOPIC SENTENCE. The topic sentence of each body paragraph is stated at the beginning of the body paragrap