Occupy Wall St. Rough Draft Outline

Introduction:

Attention getter:  

Thesis: Occupy Wall Street is an example of what can happen when people see a change and try to incorporate change in their own systems.

Introduction/credibility: I’m just here so I can get a B and I just got this movement a week or two ago, so here we go!

Preview: “We will be talking about the different aspects of the Occupy Wall Street movement, as well as taking a specific look at what made it so popular, both in good ways and bad.

I.                    Comic movement?

A.    Expressed being non-violent

Trying to fall in line with Ghandi

B.     Civil disobedience or provoking?

Escalation?

C.     Founders thoughts

What they viewed the movement as?

                  (TRANSITION)

II.                 Media coverage

A.    Looking at things in a different light?

Strawman

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B.     Redefinition

Is it a movement?

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                                    (TRANSITION)

III.               Signs

A.    Simple but effective.

High visibility

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                        (TRANSITION)

IV.              Social media

A.    Hashtags

Short but effective message tool.

B.     Twitter

The platform that made this movement possible?

V.                Conclusion

A.    Thesis: The occupy Wall Street movement suffered non-ideal conditions, negative media coverage, and a lack of control over their fellow people.

B.     Clincher: It is movements like these that show the true power that this generation has with social media. It also shows the power that national or even world attention has.