Essay: Persuasive Research
Length: 1,000 1,300 words
Description: For this paper, you will need to write about the topic below. You must include an
introduction and thesis, a conclusion, a Works Cited page, three points and a refutation (4th point) that you will use to
forward your analysis.
Instructions: Write only in THIRD person (dont use first person I, me, my or second person you,
your. If you do not submit a completed final draft into Canvass Turnitin on the day that it is due, you will
automatically fail that assignment and receive a zero. Please make sure to use MLA format to cite the source and
page number when summarizing, paraphrasing, or incorporating direct quotes.
Required Sources To Use: You will need to include four to five outside sources. Every point (body
paragraph) needs at least one outside source to back it up. You can add a source to your refutation paragraph if you
would like, but you do not have to add a source for that body paragraph. Please make sure to use MLA format to
cite the page number when summarizing, paraphrasing, or incorporating direct quotes.
Both the the final draft must be typed using 12-point Times Roman font. The essay needs to be
double-spaced and have a 1-inch margin on all sides. On the first page of the essay, students must include their name,
their teachers name, their class number, and the date on the top left-hand corner.
Your grade will be determined by the following elements:
Thesis 10% Organization 25%
Supporting Details 25% Sentence Structure 15%
Grammar 15% MLA Formatting & Sources 10%
Writing Topic: After Wertham made his famous argument about comic book delinquency
in his 1954 book, Seduction of the Innocence, the comic book industry responded by creating
the Comics Code Authority (CCA) in order to regulate and censor comics. Do you think it is
okay to censor comics (or books, in general), or does this violate the authors freedom of
speech? Today, there are still books (such as Harry Potter, Huckleberry Finn, and Captain
Underpants) that are being banned or challenged in public schools and libraries. Should U.S.
schools listen and heed parental objections to certain books used as part of the curriculum?
Does one parent who objects to a book have the right to ban the books use from the entire
class, school, or public community library? What would be some reasons for banning or
censoring certain books or comic books? What would be some reasons against banning or
censoring certain books or comic books? Take a position on the issue and decide whether
you believe one person has the right to restrict the reading material of others. Focus on
whether or not certain books should be banned from school libraries and/or public libraries.
