English Composition

Assessment 5

 

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· Persuasive Writing: Prewriting and Outlining

· Asssessment Instructions

Identify a debate from within your discipline. In Assessment 6, you will write a paper in which you state and explain your position on that debate. You may choose from the following disciplines: nursing, public health, business, information technology, or psychology. You will then take your own stance within this debate and support your argument with two scholarly, peer-reviewed resources from the Capella library.

It is imperative that you identify a true two-sided topic, a topic over which educated professionals in the field reasonably disagree.

Preparation

Continue your library research by going to the  Capella University Library  and searching across all collections. Using the Summon search tool, locate two articles in the Capella library that contain information about your selected topic.

Ask Yourself

Address the following:

. When developing an argumentative thesis statement, how can we ensure that our statement is truly arguable and is not a fact or a given?

. Why is it crucial that we also brainstorm for opposing arguments and clearly address them in our argumentative essay?

. Should you use sources that support only your stance, or should you consider implementing a source that also disagrees with your thesis?

Instructions

For your this assessment, compose your outline for the persuasive essay.

. Create an outline for your persuasive essay.

. Select a debatable topic.

. Use two scholarly library articles relevant to a chosen persuasive essay topic.

. List the articles at the end of your outline on a separate references page.

. Credit the authors of the articles within the outline.

· Apply in text the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, tone, and citation formatting.

Use the  Developing an Outline [PDF]  to guide you as you develop your outline.

Use the  Paper Formatting Example [DOCX]  to guide your writing and formatting.

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

· Length: Submit one full double-spaced page.

· Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.