proposing a solution essay

Writing Project 3: Proposing a Solution

LENGTH & SOURCE REQUIREMENTS: • 5-9 double spaced, typed pages (including Works Cited) • Follow MLA guidelines for the heading on the first page • Use the correct header to appear on each page • Title including the specific real world audience you are targeting

A Proposal to… Submitted to…

• Minimum of 5 sources

o Must be incorporated into your formal proposal using correct in-text citations that correspond with the first piece of information on your Works Cited.

DESCRIPTION: In your final project, you will apply the skills you’ve acquired throughout the semester as you propose ONE practical, implementable solution for the local problem you’ve been studying. Your aim is to make an argument that calls an audience to action. You’ll make a claim that some action should or ought to be taken, and then you’ll offer your single solution to the problem you’ve been researching.

FORMAL PROPOSAL STRUCTURE: Your Proposal to Solve a Problem Writing Project should follow the Framework in Fig. 14.2, pg. 364 in your Allyn & Bacon textbook and include the following five parts:

1. Introduction 2. Presentation of the proposed solution 3. Justification 4. Summary and rebuttal of opposing views (Follow the Practical Proposal bullet points) 5. Conclusion

Samples are provided to help guide you through the paper/structure required. Read these beginning to end.