Problem solution Proposal.
ENGLISH 1302 Problem-Solution Proposal
Purpose: To persuade the audience of the following: 1) a problem/issue exists (your arguable issue/the question is your confirmation that a problem exists), 2) there is a way to solve the issue OR improve the situation, and 3) the proposed solution is beneficial.
Audience: An organization, foundation, or individual who has the authority to grant what you propose. You have to choose a specific audience (no “American people”, “people interested in my topic” or “government”) for your paper. Your audience should be a person who has the authority to grant what you propose or it can be a group, organization, website, publication, foundation etc. named by a proper noun (i.e., you have to capitalize it). You must directly address your audience twice in the proposal: once in the problem section and once in the conclusion section.
Format: This is not a traditional essay. This is a proposal. You are proposing a solution or an improvement to your issue. It requires a different format than you are used to writing. There is a title page with one required and cited visual and bold sections, and sometimes italics. There is also two additional visuals needed for the Problem section. However, the paragraphs and citations follow standard MLA.
Overview of the Proposal by organized, formatted, and bold sections that are organized for your proposal:
1. Problem or Issue: Provide an overview and introduction of the problem or arguable issue, including short quotations or paraphrases from credible, relevant sources, each documented with MLA formatted in-text citations. This is where you can use your sources from paper 1 to do this part. In addition, you need two visual sources within this section, and the one on the title page does not count, but you must have a title page visual. Remember to use language designed to convince (appeals: logos, ethos, pathos) your audience about the problem. Think about the values and emotions you share with your audience and consider how you might appeal to them. Here are some tips to help persuade your audience to care about your issue:
· Try to evoke emotions (sympathy, outrage, anger, delight, awe, horror, etc.) in your audience that make your paper more moving.
· Try to evoke sensations (seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling) in your audience that make your writing vivid and help readers experience things imaginatively.
· Appeal to values (freedom, justice, tolerance, fairness, equality, etc.) that you share with your audience.
Take into account assumptions about the problem and existing solutions. In this section add your opinion. Where do you stand? This should be at the end of this first problem section, and you also need to mention your audience directly. Who did you pick to propose this solution to?
2. Solution: Provide a realistic solution that will alleviate OR improve the situation within context. This solution or improvement should be the main position of the essay and should explore the complexities of the issue. Address at least one extended counterargument to some part of your issue in this section. You may choose a hypothetical naysayer or a real opponent found in an outside source from your previous paper. If your solution has multiple parts, sub head with italics. To counter argue, follow the following below and this will be how you counter argue within the proposal in this second section.
Make sure you:
· name and describe your opponent(s).
· describe your opponent’s position fairly and accurately.
· make any necessary concessions, i.e., identify areas of agreement between you and your opponent. Think about your first paper, you already did this.
· respond with a well-‐considered and reasonable rebuttal.
3. Benefits of the Solution: Provide compelling reasons why readers must act on your solution. Explain the limits of existing solutions, explain the positive implications of your solution or improvement idea, and consider others’ perspectives. Also, create subheadings in italics if your solution has multiple benefits.
4. Conclusion: Reiterate the main elements of the solution and remind readers why this solution will help with the problem. Convince readers this action is necessary, and conclude with a specific call to action directly to your audience. So, you are directly addressing your audience again in this paragraph
5. MLA Works Cited Page: The final page is your works cited page, list the MLA citations from all sources used in the paper. At least three of your sources are from the visuals.
Requirements:
· MLA formatting for in-text citations and Works Cited page
· Works Cited page listing the three to five reliable sources that are cited within the essay
· Four to six pages of text
· Visual element included in the oral assignmentVisual element included in the oral assignmentAppealing Visual Design
· Uniform headings of Problem, Solution, Benefits and Conclusion in bold.
· TWO Visual Elements, such as data/graph and/or image related to proposal
· Minimum 25 word interpretation of a visual artifact (data or graph), prepared and submitted electronically on a course related topic using standard written EnglishMinimum 25 word interpretation of a visual artifact (data or graph), prepared and submitted electronically on a course related topic using standard written EnglishMinimum 25 word interpretation of each visual element that explains the relevance of the image.
Evaluation will be based on the following:
· Explanation of Issues: The Issue/Problem to be considered critically is stated, described, and clarified so that understanding is not seriously impeded by omissions.
· Evidence: Information is taken from source(s) with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis. Viewpoints of experts are subject to questioning.
· Student’s Position: Specific position (perspective, thesis/hypothesis) takes into account the complexities of an issue. Others’ points of view are acknowledged within position (perspective, thesis/hypothesis).
· Content Development: The proposal uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to explore ideas within the context of the discipline and shape of the whole work.
· Sources: The writer demonstrates consistent use of credible, relevant sources and visuals to support ideas that are situated within the discipline and genre of the writing.
· Control of Syntax and Mechanics: The language is straightforward language that generally conveys meaning to readers. The language in the proposal has few errors.
ENGLISH 1302
Problem
-
Solution Proposal
Purpose
:
To
persuade
the
audience of
the following
: 1)
a problem
/issue
exists
(your arguable
issue/the question is
your confirmation that a
problem
exists)
, 2) there is a
way to
solve the
issue
OR
improve the situation, and 3)
the proposed
solution
is beneficial
.
Audience
:
An
organization, foundation, or individual who has the
authority
to grant what you
propose.
You have to
c
hoose a
specific
audience
(no “American people”,
“people interested in my
topic”
or “government”
) for your paper.
Your audience should be a person who has the
authority
to
grant what you propose
or
it can be a
group, organization, website, publication, foundation etc. named
by a proper noun (i.e., you have to capitalize it).
You must directly address your audience twi
ce
in the
proposal: once in the
problem
section
and
once in the
conclusion
section.
Format
:
This is not a traditional
essay.
This is a proposal
. You
are proposing a solution
or an
improvement
to your
issue. It requires a d
ifferent format
than you are used to writing
. There is a ti
tle
page with one
required
an
d cited
visual and bold sections
, and sometimes italics
.
There is also two
additional
visuals needed for the Problem
section
.
However, the paragraphs and citations follow
standard MLA.
Overview of the
Proposal
by organized,
formatted
, and bold
sections
that are organized for
your proposal
:
1.
Problem or Issue
:
P
rovide an overview
and introduction
of the problem or
arguable
issue
,
including short
quotations
or
paraphrases
from
credible, relevant
sources
,
each
documented
with MLA formatted
in
-
text citations.
This is where you can use your sources from paper 1 to do
this part.
In
addition, you need t
wo
visual
sources
within this section,
and
the one on the title
page does not count
, but you must have a title page visual
.
Remember to
use
language
designed to convince
(appeals: logos, ethos
, pathos
)
your audience
about the problem
.
T
hink
abo
ut the values and emotions
you share with your audience and consider how you might
appeal to them.
Here are some tips
to help persuade your audience to care about your issue
:
·
Try to evoke emotions (sympathy, outrage, anger, delight, awe, horror, e
tc.) in your audience
that make your paper more moving.
·
Try to evoke sensations (seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling) in your audience that
make your writing vivid and help readers experience things imaginatively.
·
Appeal to values (freedom, just
ice, tolerance, fairness, equality, etc.) that you share with your
audience.
Take into account
assumptions
about the problem
and
existing solutions
.
In this section
add your
opinion. Where do you stand?
This should be at the end of this
first problem
section
, and you also
need to mention your audience
directly
.
Who did you pick to propose this solution to?
ENGLISH 1302 Problem-Solution Proposal
Purpose: To persuade the audience of the following: 1) a problem/issue exists (your arguable
issue/the question is your confirmation that a problem exists), 2) there is a way to solve the issue OR
improve the situation, and 3) the proposed solution is beneficial.
Audience: An organization, foundation, or individual who has the authority to grant what you
propose. You have to choose a specific audience (no “American people”, “people interested in my
topic” or “government”) for your paper. Your audience should be a person who has the authority to
grant what you propose or it can be a group, organization, website, publication, foundation etc. named
by a proper noun (i.e., you have to capitalize it). You must directly address your audience twice in the
proposal: once in the problem section and once in the conclusion section.
Format: This is not a traditional essay. This is a proposal. You are proposing a solution or an
improvement to your issue. It requires a different format than you are used to writing. There is a title
page with one required and cited visual and bold sections, and sometimes italics. There is also two
additional visuals needed for the Problem section. However, the paragraphs and citations follow
standard MLA.
Overview of the Proposal by organized, formatted, and bold sections that are organized for
your proposal:
1. Problem or Issue: Provide an overview and introduction of the problem or arguable issue,
including short quotations or paraphrases from credible, relevant sources, each documented
with MLA formatted in-text citations. This is where you can use your sources from paper 1 to do
this part. In addition, you need two visual sources within this section, and the one on the title
page does not count, but you must have a title page visual. Remember to use language
designed to convince (appeals: logos, ethos, pathos) your audience about the problem. Think
about the values and emotions you share with your audience and consider how you might
appeal to them. Here are some tips to help persuade your audience to care about your issue:
Try to evoke emotions (sympathy, outrage, anger, delight, awe, horror, etc.) in your audience
that make your paper more moving.
Try to evoke sensations (seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling) in your audience that
make your writing vivid and help readers experience things imaginatively.
Appeal to values (freedom, justice, tolerance, fairness, equality, etc.) that you share with your
audience.
Take into account assumptions about the problem and existing solutions. In this section add your
opinion. Where do you stand? This should be at the end of this first problem section, and you also
need to mention your audience directly. Who did you pick to propose this solution to?