Your paragraph must have a thesis statement in which you respond to the question, take a clear position, and give reasons. Your thesis statement is the main argument of your essay. Consult the Thesis Statement handout on Quercus for more information.
The remainder of your paragraph should outline the argument you plan to make in your essay. Consult the Writing an Introductory Paragraph handout on Quercus for more information.
Use a minimum of two sources to support your argument. Sources must be reliable meaning from scholarly peer reviewed sources (like academic books or journal articles) or well-known newspapers and magazines (like the Toronto Star or Time Magazine). If your source has a known political bias, like Fox News or Jacobin Magazine this must be acknowledged in the text. *You must use at least one scholarly peer-reviewed source*. Sources may be external or from the syllabus
When you use an idea that is not your own (from one of your sources), you should cite it appropriately in the Chicago author-dateLinks to an external site. format, and include the source in your reference list (or bibliography). For example, if you were to cite Kaplan it would look like this: (Kaplan, 1997).
For additional information on citation, consult the Citing, Quoting, and Paraphrasing handout on Quercus. This material will be covered further in tutorial.
Please see rubric below for further guidance on how this assignment will be graded.
