The COVID-19 Pandemic and its impact on the southern United state.

1302 Formal Proposal Assignment

Pleasesubmit a800-1000 word formal proposal that answers the following questions in paragraph format for each one of 6-10 sentences each. Note: You can use first person, if it is more comfortable for you:

1. What type of argument are you making about your proposed, already narrowed topic and what other opinions might reasonable people have about this issue/ topic?Is it an argument comparison, definition, evaluation (e.g. cause/ effect), and/or proposal argument? Or, is it a combination of these (note: usually no more than 2 types of argument exist in an essay of this length).The type of argument is evident in the claim your essay is making.

2. What is your research question?This is the primary question you want your claim to answer. This usually starts with the question you asked when you chose this topic. For example, you might want to look at the potential causes of teenage pregnancy. You should create a research question to provide more focus - e.g. “What causes teens to allow themselves to become pregnant/ engage in unprotected sexual intercourse?” (though that’s a bit broad). It might try to specifically point out a single cause as the main one or it could use evidence to show that various causes all contribute to this issue.

3. What is the intended GOAL/PURPOSE? Your goal needs to be somewhat realistic, though there are always factors, which may hinder the success of your argument. In our example from #2 above, we need to figure out why we want to examine the causes of teen pregnancy. Are we trying to make a connection between teenage pregnancy and a cause that hasn’t really been accepted? Or is our ultimate goal to help those teens change their behaviors? Or, are we doing both? If so, are we doing so directly with those teens, or are we looking at ways to change behaviors through third parties and other programs?

4.Who is the INTENDED AUDIENCE? For this, you will need to identify a specific audience to address. Note: you are not necessarily writing this essay to me, even though I am the one grading it.Your audience should not be in full agreement with you - otherwise, how is your topic debatable? If we are looking at causes related to the home lives of teens, our initial audience might be parents (who can affect those home lives). However, we could also consider school counselors, educators or legislators as a possible audience - they might want to understand why these teens are getting pregnant in the first place in order to help them quit.

5. Why is this topic and your argument re: it important?This is the most important part of the proposal assignment and your essay overall. You should know the warrant (premise, assumption) that you are making about your audience, and the assumed values that they might share with you. Your essay should attempt to uphold those values in some way. Teenage pregnancy, for instance, is linked to a variety of health concerns, social concerns, and educational concerns. As you explore the idea, you may discover that while examining the causes is helpful in some way, ultimately identifying those causes means little if we don’t attempt to do something about them, which shifts our purpose from a cause/effect essay to a solution/ proposalessay.

This is due by Thursday April 22nd by 11:59PM. It should follow these othercriteria:

· It should be APA formatted, with a cover page and running head and be written in first person throughout.

· It should be turned in to the Drop box

· It should have a list of references as the last page [minimum of 4 needed]. This is already done, as you have finished your Annotated Bibliography.

Note: I will respond to those completed Proposal II Assignments by Tuesday April27th with extensive comments as to how to revise your claim, begin your essay and organizeit, as well. This is worth 4 HW grades and if you do not turn it n by the due date/ time, you will receive a zero for the assignment! Note: You are officially beginning to write your essay in earnest when you do this assignment, and you will include writings from it in your final draft.