Paper #3: A Researched Argument for a Change (Argument Essay #2) “Using Research to Support an Argument about a Social Issue” In this essay, you will take a stand on an social issue related to your academic pathway of study or your intended career, offer reasons and evidence in support of your position, and summarize and respond to alternative views in order to bring your reader to a logical conclusion. This assignment allows you to explore and research an issue that is important to you as it relates to your academic pathway of study or your intended career, and in turn, use rhetorical appeals and your additional research to convince your audience that your view of the subject is validated and (in the best case scenario) the correct way to approach the problem you are exploring. The goal of the argument presented within your rhetorical analysis is not to debate pro and con, rehash old arguments or to ridicule those who disagree with you. Instead, an academic argument combines truth seeking and persuasion. A strong academic argument considers all the available information and views, realizing that the truth may lie somewhere between two established positions or within a third undiscovered position. ■ Research requirement: The quality of your research will be integral to the quality of your essay in using both the material we covered as well as sources you find outside of class. Remember, quality research is defined as such: well-documented information or fieldwork that is framed to the audience properly and responsibly by using quotes, paraphrasing, and summation. While interviews and observations are welcome in the research process, for this essay, they are not necessary. Therefore, make sure you understand how to avoid plagiarism and the MLA citation style included in all the Learning Units and in your Patterns textbook pages 719-728 & 729-750) in order to prepare for this paper assignment. You will be required to cite and implement at least THREE sources for this essay broken down as such: 1. Identify at least one current events article published within the last few years in a credible news source which highlights the issue found in society in order to demonstrate the timeliness of the issue. 2. Use at least one academic source for this essay (periodicals, journals, books, and websites) which supports your claim. * The professor reserves the right to amend this assignment and due dates. Any changes will be announced to the class. 1 3. Use at least one academic source for this essay (periodicals, journals, books, websites) which exposes the counterarguments to your claim ■ The Brain Storming Process 1) To make sure that you have found a suitable topic, ask yourself the following questions: • • • • What issue found in society deserves an argument made for it? What is an issue I would like to learn more about in order to become better informed as it relates to my pathway of study? What issues matter to my audience, in addition to myself? (Your audience being your peers and instructor) What is a timely, complicated, and controversial topic relating to the themes we've covered in this unit (see above)? * The topic you choose should explore a problem for which you can make the appropriate connections for your own position on a single controversial, arguable issue as supported by outside research you’ve conducted. Below are a list of areas you may explore, or you may select one of your choosing with permission of your instructor. 2) Next, you may select a new topic from the list provided in the Additional List of Topics document OR you may continue to develop the argument you discussed in the previous Argument for a Change assignment for paper 2 (you may also talk with your instructor to come up with a new idea of your own). * Research!!!! Please remember that you will need to narrow the scope of your topic once you’ve conducted enough research into your area of interest in order to write an academic argument essay in which you explore a single topic that is on a timely, complicated, controversial and arguable issue. *Consult the Outline Worksheet for Essay #3 for details on how to organize this paper. ■ Key Requirements: • • Well Rounded Argument: In this essay, you must demonstrate that you have: o Taken a stand on an issue o Offered reasons and evidence in support of your position o Summarized and responded to alternative views in order to bring your reader to a logical conclusion. Format: This paper must adhere to MLA style guidelines. * The professor reserves the right to amend this assignment and due dates. Any changes will be announced to the class. 2 • • • Length: This paper must be at least 5-6 pages in length, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font (this does not include the Works Cited Page). If you do not meet the minimum length requirement, you will not earn a passing grade on the paper. Research- Works Cited page: This paper must include a Works Cited page in which you document and/or list all of the research sources you used within in the essay. The Works Cited Page must adhere to the MLA style guidelines as discussed in pages 729750 in your Patterns textbook. Research- Cite Your Sources: You will need to properly cite and implement at least THREE sources by utilizing in-text citations/parenthetical references and/or quotations as discussed in pages 719-728 & 729-750 in your Patterns textbook: 1. Identify at least one current events article published within the last few years in a credible news source which highlights the issue found in society in order to demonstrate the timeliness of the issue. 2. Use at least one academic source for this essay (periodicals, journals, books, and websites) which supports your claim. 3. Use at least one academic source for this essay (periodicals, journals, books, websites) which exposes the counterarguments to your claim * Remember that you are to document your research properly and responsibly by using quotes, paraphrasing, and summation as discussed in pages 719-728 & 729750 in your Patterns textbook. ■ The Writing Process: • • • • STEP 1: Submit an Outline Worksheet for Paper 3. This worksheet asks you to develop your thesis statement as well as the topic sentences for your body paragraphs. Please submit this completed worksheet in the Assignments section of the course. STEP 2: In-Class Peer Review Session. On the designated day on the tentative course calendar, bring two printed copies of that unit's essay in rough draft form for in-class peer review session. In order to earn attendance credit for the day, you must come to class with copies of your rough draft. STEP 3: Submit Rough Draft to Tutor (optional). You may submit your essay to BrainFuse (for online tutor feedback) or visit the Academic Success Center's Writing Lab (on campus tutoring center) with your essay for additional writing help. An extra credit essay activity is based on your experience with the tutors. STEP 4: Submit FINAL Draft. Upload a final, well-polished draft of your essay to the Assignments section of the course. On steps one, two, and three above, you will receive feedback and a grade that indicates credit for submitting the assignment. However, the grade is ultimately of less importance. Instead, the FEEDBACK provided by your instructor is of ultimate importance. Utilize this feedback to * The professor reserves the right to amend this assignment and due dates. Any changes will be announced to the class. 3 proceed in the writing process in order to develop a quality final draft that will earn a successful grade. Any plagiarism on this paper or any of the steps in the writing process will lead to failure of this course, so please do not make that mistake. ■How is this paper graded? – Please refer to the Grading Rubric and the Grading Criteria documents provided in D2L. *Please remember that this assignment should NOT be similar to writing that you may have written during high school or in a college-prep course. I expect original, intelligent, well-structured, quality writing and thinking; otherwise you will not earn a passing grade. The point of this course is to raise your critical thinking and writing skills to the level necessary for quality college-level discourse, so make sure to keep that goal in mind as you work on this project. Outline Due: November, 19th, 11:59pm (D2L) Draft Due: November, 28th (bring 2 copies to class) Final Draft Due: December 10th, 6pm; online submission only * The professor reserves the right to amend this assignment and due dates. 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