Role/Writer’s Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find the answer to a question that would require research.
Audience: Someone who is unfamiliar with your topic and would want to gain the knowledge that you have acquired on the subject.
Genre: Formal analytical research writing.
Course Objectives (SLO’s): Synthesize ideas from a variety of sources. Integrate inquiry-based research into writing processes. Produce analytic texts that effectively address different rhetorical situations. Reading, evaluating, and analyzing appropriate texts in a variety of genres. Integrating multiple kinds of evidence from various texts cohesively. Illustrating purposeful use of direct quotes, paraphrases, and summaries. Evaluating texts’ roles in larger discourse communities.
Task: Write an Argumentative Essay that is at least 1500 words (not including the Works Cited Page), that supports the thesis with strong argument, that is organized coherently, and is supported by strong evidence.
Guidelines:
Use at least five credible sources, at least three from the DSC Library database (look for sources that do not contain obvious bias, are professional, and are not personal or commercial)
Follow MLA/APA conventions for formatting your paper (double space, paragraph form, proper headings, etc.).
Originality report must be 20% or less.
Stay in strict 3rd person perspective (Do not use “I,” “Me,” “We,” “Us,” “You,” or “Your.”)
A properly formatted Works Cited/References page and in-text citations are required (without them the paper will be considered invalid and will not be assessed for credit).
