Choose a social, political, or cultural issue that affects your daily life and write an argument to inform and persuade a specific audience. Having thoroughly researched an issue, your goal is to make a persuasive argument that will help move the debate forward, solve a pressing problem, and/or resolve disagreements. Your argument can do one or more of the following
show that a problem exists or that it’s serious enough to merit action;
identify the cause of that problem; or define a key term; and/or
advocate for a way to respond to and solve the problem.
Your goal is to move the debate forward by addressing the thesis. This is to say, if most people agree that a problem exists, the core of your argument should not be that a problem exists. This also means that you do not necessarily need to argue for a particular solution to the problem; if the debate is mired by disagreements, you can make a significant contribution by helping people agree on definition or cause-and-effect, etc.
Early in the essay, you should offer your 3-POINT thesis statement in the first paragraph/intro, and the remainder of the paper should offer support for this position/persuade readers to support the position.
