ESSAY 1.500 WORDS. title: "Abortion, is it a murder?"

Instructions for Argumentative Essay 2-Final Essay

Open topic: See list of 38 suggested topics uploaded on Blackboard under “Content”

Some suggestions include: Love and Family Identity, Man Versus Nature, Technology, Gender, Marriage Relationships, Revenge, Prejudice, Coming of Age, Individualism Versus Society, etc., You may consider developing a sound argument about today's society with respect to the topic. 

LENGTH: At least 1500 words (Works Cited not included in count)

· An Argumentative Essay is not merely a summary of a topic.

· Instead, it is an argument about the work that expresses a writer’s personal perspective, interpretation, judgment, or critical evaluation of the topic. This is accomplished by examining the devices, word choices, or writing structures the author or source use to elaborate on the topic of choice.

Quality research is based on well-documented information, which is presented to the audience properly, by using quotes, paraphrasing, and summarization. 

The assignment requires to cite and implement at least Three (3) sources for this essay broken down as such:

1. Identify  articles, journals, magazines, scholarly journals, Websites, etc., published from a credible source which highlights the issue found in society.

Key Requirements:

Essays will be written in MLA style, typed double-spaced in Times New Roman 12-pt font using black ink only. 1000 words minimum required.

Essays must also be properly formatted, paginated and include a proper Works Cited page to receive full credit

Upload Argumentative Essay 2 as a Word document (.doc or .docx) in the Assignments tool within the Content tab. 

If you use a Mac computer, please convert your assignment to Word or PDF before submitting.

Works Cited (Sample)

Cleary, Ann Adams."Maurice (Henry) Hewlett."British Novelists, 1890-1929: Traditionalists. Ed. Thomas F. Staley. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 34. Literature Resource Center.Web. 16 May 2014.

Ferrero, David J. "Nikki Adams and the Limits of Gender Criticism." The Hemingway Review 17.2 (Spring 1998): 18-30. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism.Ed. Janet Witalec.Vol. 63. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Literature Resource Center.Web. 1 June 2014.

Hemingway, Ernest. In Our Time. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930. Print.

The Works Cited page must be typed in alphabetical order. The indentation is “Hanging” instead of “First line”

The list of sources on the Works Cited list must be included in the essay. In other words if I list the following 3 authors that means I have cited them in the essay as well.

Cleary, Ann Adams

Ferrero, David J.

Hemingway, Ernest

Plagiarism: As a college student, you must be aware of the seriousness of copying, cutting and pasting, or even paraphrasing another person’s words without giving due credit to that individual.