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English Composition I – Week 6 Assignment
Persuasive Essay Rough Draft
This essay explores the persuasive mode, one of the more common kinds of writing you’ll experience throughout your college and professional career. Your goal is to persuade your audience to consider your position on a controversial, two-sided subject.
This five paragraph persuasive essay (introduction, 3 body paragraphs and a conclusion) is made up of the following:
A clear persuasive thesis statement in the first paragraph after the topic is introduced and the importance of the issue is clear to the reader
Logical transitions between the into, the body, and the conclusion
Body paragraphs that support the persuasive thesis with evidence as well as address the opposing viewpoints
A conclusion that wraps up all the information presented in the body
Utilize your pre-writing and outlining strategies from week two to help you organize and plan your essay. It is not required to have research and source material for this essay, though it can greatly help support your argument. Using sources shows how your ideas build upon the ideas of previous writers and why your claims merit consideration — because they are supported by credible experts in their field. If you do use source material from the EBSCO library, please give credit to the author with in-text citations and a references page using APA formatting.
Criteria
The rough draft of your essay should contain the following basic features:
A well-defined issue that is controversial by nature
A clear thesis statement that demonstrates the position you will be taking throughout the essay
A counter argument with at least one credible source defending the opposing viewpoint
A refutation to or compromise with the counter argument
In addition to the above, the rough draft of your essay should be:
From 500 to 700 words in length, typed in Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double-spaced, with one inch margins
Written primarily in third person
Edited for spelling, mechanical, grammatical, and typing errors
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Persuasive Essay Rough Draft
The discussion of the theory about whether children are either passive or active in their
development has remained to be one of the most debated topics and is controversial. The issue
here is whether children develop from environmental influences or they are actively involved in
learning new things and creating their ways to knowledge. The underlying question is whether
children are born with blank minds whereby their experiences give them their personalities, or they
actively quest for their knowledge. This essay will argue that children are actively involved in their
development and that they actively shape their characters and knowledge. Both sides of this topic
will also be discussed to create a valid argument.
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