Your thesis should be your answer to this question and will act as the controlling purpose of your argument essay. As you write this essay, you should address a specific audience that is skeptical about or disagrees with your point of view about this issue. The essay should be written to change this audience’s mind or perception. You should build reasons to support your thesis and provide evidence to support your reasons. As well as your own pro arguments, you should also include counterarguments to help your reader become more sympathetic to your point of view. Your evidence should also make clear but appropriate appeals to your audience’s ethos, logos and/or pathos as you try to convince them of your point of view.
In terms of format, you should design your essay appropriately for your intended audience. Your essays should take the following shape:
• You will begin with an introduction that draws in the audience and presents the issue you will discuss. The last sentence of the Introduction will clearly state your position on the issue and will not be a question.
• The second paragraph or two will be a background paragraph in which you will describe any background information you wish to give the reader about the topic. (N.B. Think of paragraphs as being half a page to three-quarters of a page in length, not whole pages or more. Make sure that each paragraph has a clear topic sentence, is developed, unified and coherent.)
• After the Background Paragraph, you will then provide a series of paragraphs arguing your position on the thesis. You will provide reasons and evidence.
• You will need to use a minimum of 3 secondary sources. You should use these as evidence for your argument or as counterarguments you will refute.
• Counter arguments will need to be considered and refuted.
• The essay will end with a conclusion. Here, you will briefly restate your thesis and/or your main points and leave the reader with something interesting to consider in relation to your topic.
• N.B. Take care to avoid plagiarism and A.I. to produce text for the essay.
You should also create a Works Cited page, where you will reference no less than 3
sources. For the secondary sources, make sure that you include:
• In-text citations
• The Works Cited page at the end.
You may not write about the same topic that you chose for the Surprise-Reversal Informative essay unless you have checked with me first.
You may not write about a topic on the “No Fly” list unless you have direct involvement
with it. You should discuss this with me in advance.
Format: MLA
Length: 5-6 pages, double-spaced, font-size 12. Do not miss lines between
paragraphs. Do not ‘center’ the writing.
Two of the resources are attached and the third one is on the following link:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2016.07.006