Persuasive research paper

The research paper should be a persuasive, logical, and well-organized argument, using quotations and examples from the text to support your claims and incorporating secondary sources.  From one of the topics that are listed, you will need to develop an original and focused thesis statement.

The process approach to this paper (choosing a topic, having a prospectus and annotated bibliography, and doing two rounds of peer editing) not only gives you extra in-class grades for work you’ll have to do in writing the paper anyway, but it also ensures that you have plenty of time for revision and plenty of help in preparing the paper. This process should ensure you submit your best writing on the topic.  During this time, you can also consult with your instructor or get help from librarians and other resources at Grant MacEwan University.

Instructions

Due: November 28th

1. The research paper should be 1250–1750 typed words (approx. 5–7 pages, double-spaced) in length, excluding the works cited page, and the endnotes page (if you choose to have one), and should follow MLA format.

2. You must cite  at least four sources in your paper.  Your argument should not repeat the argument in any one of these sources, but should instead use particular points these critics make, either as support for points in your argument or to contradict what they say. (To find at least four sources you can use, you will likely need to look up many more than four in the library since some may be of limited value or not have material related to your topic). Of the sources you use, at least two must be authoritative (from a journal article or scholarly book as opposed to a magazine article or web site). You can use sources we looked at in class, but you must have also at least three that we did not look at in class. The point of this paper is for you to engage in the critical debate already going on about the topic so the more authoritative sources you can incorporate, the better.

Topic:

Topic 3 Develop your ideas about the fast food industry into a focused thesis statement and argue to support that thesis. Your viewpoint on the topic may change and develop as you do research.  Here are just a couple of examples (among many possibilities) of ways you could choose to focus your topic:

· The fast food industry should/should not be held legally responsible for the health problems of its patrons.

· The government should make policy changes to protect people from the detrimental effects of fast food, including…