RESEARCH ESSAY due in 48 hours

ALC099

ASSIGNMENT 2 RESEARCH ESSAY DESCRIPTION

Value

Draft 2 15% of your final grade

Final Draft 25% of your final grade

Description

For this assignment you will create a 1500 – 2000 word (without Academic Summaries) argumentative research essay on a topic given to you by your instructor. In order for this assignment to be considered complete, the research essay must include the following:

5 paragraphs including: an introduction (with thesis), three body paragraphs, and conclusion.

Each body paragraph must follow the “7 steps guide”.

Title page, abstract, the essay itself, and references.

3 Academic Summaries.

Essay must be written in APA style.

Your essay must make use of 5 academic articles.

3 articles MUST be found using the databases available through the SFU Library. 2 articles have to be found using any of these websites:

New York Times http://www.nytimes.com

Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com

Al Jazzera  http://www.aljazeera.com

The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com

The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/international

Harpers  http://harpers.org

The Economist  http://www.economist.com

The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com

The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com

Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com

MacLean’s  http://www.macleans.ca

The Walrus http://thewalrus.ca

Salon http://www.salon.com

Rabble http://rabble.ca

The use of any other source (Google or WIKI for example) is not acceptable and will result in an automatic grade of zero. Each article must be used once in your essay. You may not exceed 3 direct quotations.

**Failure to follow these guidelines will result in a failing grade.**

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