Argument essay

Final Argument/Persuasive Research Essay

Entering a Public Forum: The Argument Essay

NO LATE submissions will be accepted for this paper.

See online Classroom Calendar for due date.

Do NOT use First person pronouns that refer to you or the reader in this paper.

So do not use pronouns such as: “I, you, we, our, yours, mine, etc.”

Public arguments voice the opinions of individuals or groups that share a common concern. Like commentary, public arguments analyze issues and take a position. However, public arguments go beyond commentary by recommending a course of action or offering a solution.

Students must be able to:

• Develop a thesis that argues and persuades for a specific public action

• Research, integrate and document credible sources from ONLY your Annotated Bibliography

• Assume a public voice.

• Persuade a specific audience

· Use logic, intellectualism, and ethics to convince an audience of the validity of ideas

· Refrain from using fallacies, clichés, or conjecture to substantiate ideas.

ASSIGNMENT:

Write a compositionally formatted essay in which YOU briefly explain a controversy within a public issue and then take a position on a public issue. Use secondary sources (ONLY from your Annotated Bibliography) to support your thesis, offering an audience a strategy for changing the status quo. You are trying to persuade your audience that you have a legitimate solution to this issue.

You must use at least 8-10 CREDIBLE secondary sources as evidence to support your claim and/or arguments from your Annotated Bibliography.

You may only use the sources used in your Annotated Bibliography.

You must cite your sources correctly, within the body of the paper-using MLA/APA citation when you use a source as evidence or in support if your claims. Only use one type of citation style and do so consistently.

Make sure you include a Works Cited page and NOT your Annotated Bibliography at the end of your paper.

In order to receive a passing grade on the Final Research paper you must have ALL of the following elements:

· Write a 2,000-2,500 word composition formatted double-spaced paper. It must be at least 2,000 words.

· Explain at least one contrasting sides to the topic/conflict you have researched-- and how they relate to your position within the subject. At this point, you cannot change your topic. (A clear counter argument)

· You MUST take a position and defend your position successfully in this paper.

· Your essay must have a clear thesis that briefly explicates your position.

· Your essay must contain topic sentences and transitional sentences for each paragraph.

· You must construct a clear/concise conclusion in which you CLEARLY take a position and summarize how you successfully defended your position within the paper. You MUST offer a viable solution to the conflict or disagreement within the conclusion.

In order to receive a passing grade on this paper, you must include ALL of the following elements:

· Include an original title for your essay, your name, your class time and section, and my name. “Final Research Essay” is NOT an acceptable title.

· Each page numbered (top right –hand corner)

· 2,000-2,500 word composition argument essay

· Only 4 direct quotes from outside sources you have researched and the rest are to be paraphrased in your own words.

· Do NOT triple space between paragraphs.

· Your composition essay, from front to back, must be formatted using MLA or APA style.

· You must have a clear, concise MLA or APA works cited page, formatted correctly and in-text citation..

· You must edit your essay.

· You must use correct grammar and punctuation, throughout your essay.

YOU CANNOT TURN THIS ASSIGNMENT IN LATE.

THERE IS NO TIME ALLOTTED IN DEPARTMENT’S FINAL-GRADE SUBMISSIONS SCHEDULE FOR ME TO ACCEPT AND GRADE A LATE FINAL PROJECT.

You must include ALL of the elements outlined in this handout. If you do not, points will be deducted accordingly --for each thing you miss --or fail to include.