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A Note about Outlining
Discuss how sports influence popular culture.

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Use the mapping technique to brainstorm ideas for your answer to this college application essay assignment. Write
your answer on a separate sheet of paper or type it on your computer.
Write an essay that conveys to the reader a sense of who you are.
trends
Leading
sports figures
product
placement
commercial
endorsements
How sports influence
popular culture
television/
media
footwear/
fashion
fashion 
industry
fans
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To generate ideas for an essay, try asking questions using the 5 W’s: who, what, where, when, and why. Or try a map:
Put your topic in the middle of a page and see your ideas develop in relationship to one another.
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