Essay

Prompt: 

For this essay, you will identify an issue in your current major (my major is accounting/finance), in a major you are interested in pursuing, or in your field of work. You will then establish an argument and support that argument with research and relevant evidence.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Writing Plan

Writing Plan: Use this writing plan as a way to gather your thoughts and determine your strategy for writing your critical analysis essay. This process will allow you to develop a potential structure for effectively communicating and supporting your claim. 

1. Describe the argument to be      addressed in your persuasive essay, include how the argument is derived      from your major, the major you are considering pursuing, or your field of      work.
2. Determine key points and      rationale that will be helpful in supporting the validity of your      argument.
3. Identify the audience that will      be reading your essay. What potential challenges will you have supporting      your argument with this demographic?
4. Establish a goal that you hope      to accomplish with this essay. What will this essay need to be successful?
5. List potential resources that      could be used as supporting evidence for your argument, and provide a      brief description of each and how they will reinforce your argument.
6. Align key points of your      argument with supporting resources for establishing an effective essay      structure.
7. Based on your argument,      determine strategic places where integrating evidence would be most      effective, provide rationale for each.
8. Describe a revision strategy      that would be most effective in informing you while writing this essay.      Why would this strategy be effective?
9. I. How will this essay benefit      from receiving feedback from an outside party? How can that feedback be      integrated?

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission:

Your writing plan must be 1-2 pages in length. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.