essay

Student_______________

Instructor____________

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. 
• Formulate      your own thesis statement and topic: alternative option. 

As always, the answer to the question--your thesis--should be defended…

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