Essay

English 1301 - _________

Date

Title your Argumentative/Personal Responsibility essay.

Write an argumentative essay of four full typed pages (double spaced) that answers an ethical question pertaining to one of these topics:

· Does the government have a right to collect whatever information it wants, to use however it sees fit?

· To what extent does the government have a right to collect information about its citizens?

· What rights and responsibilities do Food companies have when it comes to labeling?

· What responsibilities does Facebook have in monitoring their web pages? Address safety and security concerns.

As always, the answer to the question--your thesis--should be defended with three topics.

Evaluation criteria follow:

Ethical Choices: Student thoroughly discusses at least two sides of an ethical choice to be made.

· Decision Making: Student states a position on the issue based on at least three points and offers an opposing view and counterargument supported with database sources.

· Consequences: Student identifies consequences and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the scope, complexity, and/or magnitude of the consequences.

· Evidence: Student includes a Works Cited page that lists at least three database sources. The body of the essay includes a total of at four citations from sources.

The essay should demonstrate the following ENGL 1301 outcomes:

· College level spelling and punctuation skills

· MLA format for margins, header, personal information, paragraph indention, double spacing

· In-text citations

· Works Cited page

· Clearly stated thesis statement

· Topic sentences that flows from thesis statement

· Sentence variety

· No egregious grammar mistakes