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Major Assignment 3: Research-Supported Argument

Rough Draft: 11/14 Final Draft: 11/22

The final writing assignment will be a continuation of the work you’ve done with our second major assignment - the research proposal focused on an issue in higher education. In this final phase of the research process, you’ll move from exploration of a research question to thesis-driven argument. In your argument, focus especially on the following State of Texas Core Curriculum Outcomes and/or the rubrics assessing them:

• Critical Thinking Skills: to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information

• Communication Skills: to include effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written communication

• Personal Responsibility: to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making

• Social Responsibility: to include intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities.

You concluded the Research Proposal with your tentative thesis. You will now have a chance to refine that thesis, revise your research as needed, and develop your thesis in an argumentative essay. Because you are now creating a focused argument, the sources you found for the Research Proposal may not all transfer to this stage of the process. Some sources may support your more focused claim, and some will have to be abandoned. I expect your research, as well as your writing, to be revised for this essay. Your textbook, Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, explores many different types of arguments, from Chapter 12 to Chapter 15, but I would like for you to focus specifically on Ch. 12, “Causal Arguments,” and Ch. 15 “Proposal Arguments.” Your textbook outlines the components of these two arguments on pp. 264-265 and 321. For the logical structure of a researched argument, we will focus on Ch. 3 “The Logical Structure of Arguments” (pp. 32-51).

Your essay should contain the following:

• A well-formulated thesis statement around which the essay is organized and that addresses an issue in higher education

• Effective transitions focused on ideas • Topic sentences that clearly state each paragraphs main idea • Purposeful development of all ideas addressed in the thesis • Appropriate support from reputable sources • Directly quoted and paraphrased text that is integrated into your own

writing with correct attribution and citation • Word choice that is marked by precision and a varied, advanced

vocabulary Format: double-spaced, in standard 12-point font, Times New Roman Length: 1500-1800 words Citations: MLA Formatting including in-text citations and Works Cited page Rough Draft: Due Monday, Nov. 14th at 11:59 pm (eCampus) Writing Conferences: Tuesday, Nov. 15th and Thursday, Nov. 17th during class hours Final Draft Due: Tuesday, Nov. 22nd at 11:59 pm – upload through Dropbox in eCampus