Electric Cars

Essay Assignment 2: Documented Argument in APA

Your argumentative essay will be on an environmental topic from the list of options below.

Consider your audience for this paper to be your peers. The essay should be between 3 ½ and

4 pages (850 to 1,000 words) in length, not including the cover page, abstract, or reference

page. It should be double spaced in Times New Roman 12 point font and must include:

• An introduction, a minimum of 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion

• a clearly articulated thesis that states the claim, position, or stance that your essay

will prove in the introduction to your paper

• 4 cited sources

• At least 4 quotes from your sources

• Topic sentences that focus the discussion in the body paragraphs

• Examples, details, and explanations, and other researched evidence in the body

paragraphs that clearly support the claim of your thesis

• Counterarguments and refutations that show you understand the complexity of your

argument and can accurately acknowledge the views of the opposition and refute

them

• Clear connections between ideas from paragraph to paragraph and within paragraphs

• Proper APA style format in the cover page, in the abstract, in the in-text citations,

and in the Reference page (see the template and instructional video for creating the

APA format)

• Reference page listing a minimum of four sources

• Standard usage, grammar, and mechanics

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

➢ You will submit your final draft through the Turn-it-in drop box designated for this

purpose in the course. Please be aware, that although Turn-it-in does allow for

similarities for quotations up to 24% of your paper, any similarity above 24% is

considered too high for an original paper and will be flagged as plagiarism.

➢ You can get help with your paper at any of the campus writing centers (see the link in

the course with this information), and you can also receive online help via

SmartThinking, the online tutoring service provided by the College. This service is

available by clicking on SmartThinking in the left-hand menu bar of the course under

Tools & Resources.

Choose any of the following 15 topics (Note reference resources at the end of the topic list):

1. Research alternative energy sources; then make an argument for the three most

desirable ones to introduce in South Florida. Here is a link with a list of renewable

energy resources to get you started:

https://www.renewableresourcescoalition.org/alternative-energy-sources/.

2. Research the status of sea level rise in South Florida today and the ways in which it is

being addressed through State processes. Make an argument that the solutions today

are or are not sufficient. Here is a link to a web page that will help you get started

with your research: https://sealevelrise.org/states/florida/.