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  Following the Topic Selection Guidelines below, choose an argumentative  topic to research. This will be your topic throughout the entire  course, so the activities required for this assignment will provide the  foundation for your future Touchstones. The topic for an argumentative  research paper must be a debatable topic, meaning that it involves  conflicting viewpoints. Additionally, it cannot be a topic that is  already decided or agreed upon by most of society. You will need to take  a firm position on the topic and use evidence and logic to support the  position. Touchstone 1.2 includes a research question, a working thesis,  a detailed outline, and a reflection on this pre-writing process.