Due in 3 hours

• Clearly focused, debatable, and supportable thesis statement advocating your view on the problem or controversy

• Use of evidence from sources, objectively and accurately interpreted

• Effective reasoning that demonstrates how the evidence supports the thesis and the specific arguments being made 

• A logical organizational structure that clearly and effectively guides readers through the arguments being made

• Use of evidence from sources (at least 10 quotations and/or paraphrases), clearly discernible from each other and from the writer’s voice and cited using correct in-text citations

• Use of at least 5 relevant and highly credible sources, at least 4 from the Ivy Tech Library databases. (No Print Sources.) 

• APA or MLA manuscript style, as specified by your instructor, with in-text citations and a References or Works Cited list including ALL sources used. (References or Works Cited list does not count in the minimum word-count requirement)

• Observation of the conventions of Standard English

1250 words minimum for first draft (the minimum 200 words for the situation analysis is not included in this count

For this project, you will return to the problem, issue, or controversy you researched and wrote about for Writing Project 3. Only this time, you will a take a stand on that problem, issue, or controversy, arguing in order to accomplish one or more of the following: