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Final Argumentative Research Essay Assignment: English 1302

Your Final Argument Essay (w research) should include the following:

1. It should be between approximately 8-10 pages in length (1700-2200 words) Note: This includes the cover and references pages.

2. It should follow APA guidelines, and therefore be double-spaced, have 12 pt Times New Roman font, and have an APA cover page on the first page and running header on all pages that has the topic of the essay on upper left to middle part of page w/ page numbers in the upper right corner.

3. The essay must have a title that reflects the claim/ main idea/ topic of the essay [see example essay].

4. It should also contain a clearly articulated claim that is narrowed, arguable and within reason (meaning it can be honestly debated from at least two sides). This claim should be somewhere near the beginning of the essay (e.g near the end of the first or anywhere in the second paragraph, at the latest) as is appropriate for a Toulmin formatted essay. I should have already approved it and returned it to you with comments (Formal Proposal Assignment/ One on One)

5. Your essay should incorporate a type(s) of argument and follow the structure of that argument type(s) {e.g. argument of fact/informational essay, definition, evaluation or cause/effect, and/or proposal}

6. It should be an essay that has primarily your ideas and those ideas should be presented forcefully but reasonably (e.g no equivocating phrases, like ‘I think that this is true because…’ or ‘this essay will prove…’). The essay should be written in the third person (No first or second person) and follow the parameters of a Toulmin formatted essay.

7. It should contain at least two additional reasons (grounds) to support the main claim(s) within the body of the essay [Note: If your essay is structured to include 2 types of arguments, say Cause/ Effect and Proposal, then it should have 2 causes/effects and 2 main reasons to support the proposal]

8. It should contain at least a paragraph’s worth of recognition of another P.O.V (this does not have to be in the same paragraph) as qualifiers and/or rebuttals to make the claim more nuanced. See Toulmin Argument essay handout in content page re: the Toulmin method OR see the Toulmin Essay outline on pages 318 or 324 in your textbook.

9. It should contain between 6-10 references, with 1-2 of these being direct quotes, with the remaining 5-8 being paraphrases of material from the original source and have at least 3 but no more than 4 separate sources cited on a separate references page.

10. The referenced material and direct quotes should be no more than 3 lines total in length- note: a line is not a sentence, but an actual line of written text on the page.

11. The final essay must include an APA formatted reference section, appended after the essay w/ the 4-5 cited references. Please follow APA formatting as described earlier in postings on the content page (see link for advice on how to put your works cited together). All of these must come from your Annotated Bib Assignment.

12. An intro with claim of the essay is due on Wednesday April 28th by 11:59PM in a drop box. A Rough Draft of the essay is due by Wednesday May 5th by 11:59PM for full credit and should be NO LESS than 6 full pages in length [this can include the cover page and references page]. This is worth approx. 10% of the overall grade of the essay and is a completion grade. Note: If you do not have 6 full pages typed and printed by this date/time, you will receive a zero for the assignment. A final draft of the essay is due on Saturday May 8th by 11:59PM for full credit, and I will not accept the final draft of the essay after Monday May 10th by 11:59PM. In addition, I will take -10 points for each 12 hr period that the essay is late! The essay MUST BE turned into the drop box, which is located under the lessons tab in D2L.

Please email me with any problems or issues you are having with your essay.