Pick a Model & Organize Your Ideas

The topic I will be writing about is women as medical gaslighting victims. The model I have chosen for the essay is a speech. My justification for this is that letters send out the implication that one person or entity will view my message, whereas my message has the purpose of reaching a large community of medical professionals. Secondly, speeches use an approach to reach broader audiences and masses of people. Next letters, in my opinion, can result in perceptions of expressing emotions more personally. I want to develop a more informative and formal approach to assert the reality behind my discourse community’s dilemma. Finally, I want to stress the exigence behind a call to action because the problem is concerning and continues to demand urgent attention.

Introduction 

Attention-getting device:

• Begin the essay with one of the following to grab the attention of others
  • Quote
  • Really short Story
  • A question or rhetorical
  •  questions?

Dive In:

• Define the aspects of gaslighting in general
  • What is gaslighting?
  • Who is impacted by gaslighting? 
  • Who does the gaslighting? In other words, who is the audience?
  • Identify the purpose of this essay.

(transition)

Body 

1. State the problem in your specific community as YOU see it with evidence and emotion as supporting points. 
   1. What is the problem?
   2. What evidence can you provide to support your claim that the problem exists?
   3. What emotionally charged examples can you offer to further prove that this problem exists? (Think back to your attention-getter!)
2. State a solution or multiple solutions if you have any.
   1. What is the best solution to this problem?
   2. How will this solution put an end to the problem?
3. Give a clear explanation as to how to implement this solution and support this implementation with evidence and emotion again.
   1. What needs to be done or what needs to happen for the solution to work? Any evidence?
   2. What is standing in the way or what are some challenges that prevent this solution? Any emotion you can provide to this?

(transition)

Conclusion

• Reiterate the importance of this situation.
• Restate the action that needs to be taken.
• What will happen if nothing changes?
• Close out with a thank you!