Localization of Saudi Military Sector Leading Defense Spenders Across the World Essay

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The Portfolio Project is an essay of at least 1,200 words in which you write an Argumentative Essay. You should draw from the Sources that are provided in the Article Bank to support your Argument.

You will then create your own unique Argumentative Essay that responds to one of those topics and that incorporates and properly cites at least 3 different sources from those included in your topic’s Article Bank folder.

Keep in mind that this essay can be used as part of your Capstone Class in your final semester of the BSS Program. Keeping that in mind, remember to do a good job and to make sure that all of your work is original.

Portfolio Project Essay Example Paragraphs:

Example Outline: This is a 1,200 word Argumentative Essay:

A. Introduction Paragraph introduces your topic and includes the Thesis Statement at the end of the paragraph.

B. Body Paragraph 1. This is your first Support for your Thesis Statement.

C. Body Paragraph 2. This is your second Support for your Thesis Statement.

D. Body Paragraph 3. This is your third Support for your Thesis Statement.

E. Conclusion.

F. Works Cited List.

Introduction Paragraph Example:

Food and national security are two very important issues that are closely related. Every country has to make sure that its citizens have access to food supplies so that people can survive. Dr. Sam remarks that “people can survive only about 3 weeks without having any food, so it is essential to have food readily available to survive” (Smith 1973). Food security is related to national security. For example, if a pandemic happens that disrupts international supply chains, then a country needs to be able to either produce enough food on its own or to have enough food stored up in reserves to feed the people. In this essay I will argue that food security is an important part of national security because food is an essential part of life, food security will make the country less susceptible to international trade disruptions, and food security will make people feel safer.

Commentary:

In this example, the general idea of food security is introduced and then connected to national security. The author uses a statement at the beginning of the paragraph to draw the reader in by using a “hook”, something to grab the reader’s attention, in order to introduce his topic of food security. In this example the “hook” is to tell the reader that the topic covers very important issues. Then the author uses a clear and detailed thesis statement at the end of the paragraph to tell the reader what the rest of the essay is about. Notice that the author begins the thesis statement with the phrase “In this essay I will argue that…” which signals to the reader exactly what the essay will be about, which the author then states directly: “food security is an important part of national security”. The author’s statement here is a Claim: “food security is an important part of national security”. The author then lists his Support for the Claim. The Support that the author lists is signaled to the reader with “because”, and then the author lists his 3 reasons of Support. Each of these “Supports” will help to prove the author’s Claim. Here the 3 different ideas used to Support the argument are:

1) “food is an essential part of life,”

2) “food security will make the country less susceptible to international trade disruptions,”

3) “and food security will make people feel safer.”

The author will then write 1 Body Paragraph about EACH of these Supports before writing his Conclusion.

The Thesis Statement is a Road Map for the reader to know what the essay is going to do.

Body Paragraph Example:

Everyone needs food to survive because food is an essential part of life. When people do not have enough healthy food available to them, they will become malnourished and weak. They may get very sick and even die. This would not be good for a country to have its citizens starving. Many times wars, famines, and international trade issues can result in a country not having enough food for its people. Dr. Dunkin remarks, “there can be a wide variety of reasons why a food supply might get disrupted in a country. Depending on where the country is, this may be geographical interruptions, supply chain interruptions, or even terrorist attacks that might interrupt a food supply” (Dunkin 1989). Dr. Dunkin points out something very important here in this quote, namely that even a terrorist could disrupt a food supply in a country, which means that food security is also an important national security issue. Food is an essential part of life because without it, people cannot live long and healthy lives.

Commentary:

In the Body Paragraphs you will explain how each of your Supports provides proof that your Claim is correct. Notice that the first sentence of Body Paragraph 1 is a Topic sentence, it tells the reader what that paragraph is about. The rest of the sentences then explain and provide evidence for the Topic Sentence, thereby becoming Support for the essay’s Thesis Statement that appears in the Introduction Paragraph.

Notice also that the essay quotes Dr. Dunkin. The quote is placed inside “quote marks” and an in-text citation is provided. This in-text citation allows the reader to go to the end of the paper where the References section is located and to find out how to locate the original source of that quote. From both of these References, the reader will be able to locate where the quote originally appeared.

Notice also, and this is very important, that the author quotes Dr. Dunkin, and then shows the reader how that quote from Dr. Dunkin supports the overall Argument of the essay, namely that what Dr. Dunkin says supports the Thesis Statement that “food security is an important part of national security”.

Note: the 2^nd Body Paragraph will focus on the 2^nd Support: 2) “food security will make the country less susceptible to international trade disruptions,”

and that the 3^rd Body Paragraph will focus on the 3^rd Support: 3) “and food security will make people feel safer.”

Conclusion Example:

In conclusion, we see that there are many important reasons why food security and national security are linked together. Without a consistent and safe supply of food, people will become weak and possibly even die from starvation because they do not have a steady food supply. We have seen that food is an essential part of life because people need food to survive. We have seen that food security will make a country less susceptible to international trade disruptions, regardless of whether those disruptions occur due to terrorism, international disagreements, or even pandemics, because the country will be able to depend only on itself. Finally, we looked at the fact that if a country has food security, then the people of that country will feel safer because they will know that they can depend on their being a steady supply of food in their country regardless of what happens in the rest of the world. Finally, we see that because of all three of these reasons, food security is an essential part of national security. With this in mind, countries all over the world should begin planning on how best to meet the food needs of their people in the coming years by both expanding their own ability to produce food within their own country, and also to store up food for emergency events like floods or other events that might disrupt international food supply chains.

Commentary:

Notice that the Conclusion paragraph begins with the words “In conclusion…” which signals to the reader that the essay is drawing to an end.

Notice that the Conclusion paragraph restates the 3 main reasons of Support that are listed in the Thesis Statement, and that each of these reasons would have their own Body Paragraph.

Notice that each statement that covers the Support reasons includes the word “because” so that you can clearly signal to the reader why these reasons are important to your Argument.

Notice that the last two sentences bring together the final reason as to why all 3 of the Supports matter to the Thesis Statement’s Claim [in Bold in this example with the Supports underlined]: “In this essay I will argue that food security is an important part of national security because food is an essential part of life, food security will make the country less susceptible to international trade disruptions, and food security will make people feel safer.”

References Example:

Dunkin, Don (1989). Threats to Food Supply Chains. International Security Issues. www.internationalsecurityissues.org/1989/Dunkin_not_donuts.

Smith, Sam (1973). The Importance of Food. National Geographic. www.nationalgeographic.com/1973/smith_sam_food.