Based on either Essay 1- What generation do you belong to/in?” or Essay 2- how are you an Americanin 2024? , pin-point a clear problem. In your previous essays, you took a position on an issue. You argued for or against something. You did research on a particular topic and now, you can use that as the foundation for more research but this time, you’ll need to do academic, scholarly, fact-based, objective research to show how a problem can be solved. You must use your research to propose a clear solution and explain how the solution will be implemented. Clearly, both topics for Essay 1 and 2 were vague and general. Essay 1 was about generational stereotypes. Essay 2 was about the meaning of “American.” So, now, you need to refine the scope of those topics so you can have a manageable new topic and angle. Final essay needs to be based on some problem related to your generation OR with being an American in 2023. You get to choose the problem. Now is the time, though, to be very specific. Now, in a proposal, you must have a clear position, argue for that position, and solve the problem using evidence in an appropriate way.
Orientation and Explanation (Preparation/Analysis):
I. After reading and annotating chapters 5 and 6 in your text, especially with regard to the policy proposal, your objective is to “propose” a clear, strategic, reasonable, and realistic solution to the problem—based on academic research. Most of your paper should be about the “plan for solving the problem.” This plan, you see, covers your answers to the Socratic questions of “who, what, when, where, why, and how.” By answering those questions for your own neutral audience, you’ll be able to establish a clear ethos. When evaluating your paper, I will check how many paragraphs you dedicate to the crux of the essay (what makes the essay a proposal) compared to the problem analysis and subsequent benefits of the plan. So, when you’re doing academic research through EBSCO and or Google Scholar (go back to my video on academic research if you’re confused about that), you should be looking to find sources that will be used primarily for that particular section of the paper.
II. You should have at least three but no more than four scholarly journal articles and or periodicals cited in the text and on the References. Scholarly journal articles are long, comprehensive, and useful in numerous ways, for numerous reasons, in different sections of your paper. They contain so much data and interpretation of data that you ought to be able to find one or two that you can use over and over again throughout the essay and then you can supplement with current magazines and newspaper articles because, depending on the topic, on the problem, you may not find a large amount of published academic material from the last couple years (given what you know about academic research and its incredibly rigorous process).
III. Draft your essay according to the template provided to you below.
Objective: Write a full five page essay complete with proper APA style, formatting and citation (to include a seventh References page).
Logic: Essay Template (Synthesis):
I. Introduction: Provide one paragraph of general, brief, contextual information to bring your audience “up to speed,” so to speak, so that they’ll understand your angle and purpose. Maybe they don’t know what a proposal is so you may want to mention why you’re writing. No matter what, your job is to provide background information that will lead seamlessly into your breakdown of the problem and your proposed solution to the problem. End your introduction with an argumentative thesis. Remember that your argumentative thesis is made up of a claim, followed by the word “because,” and then followed by at least one specific reason (my power points cover this material at length). Without a proper thesis, your essay cannot have any effective logos.
II. Problem analysis: This is a brief paragraph (or two, depending on how deep you need to go) that provides only the most relevant and important causes and or effects. I’m sure that no matter what problem you choose to solve, you’ll be overwhelmed with all of the causes and effects. Don’t write about all of them. Choose a couple so that you can focus on creating a firm foundation for your solution. Keep in mind that your solution should be logically connected to what you say the causes and or effects are. They need to be connected. If you say that x problem has y and z effects, your solution needs to offer up ways in which to solve y and z so that x can decrease; the effects will be mitigated, reduced. You cannot and will not solve the whole problem so don’t try to.
III. Plan for solving the problem: A) Walk your audience through the step-by-step plan, the steps needed to solve the problem (be specific), B) Incorporate support (research with citations) as you provide each step; C) Take time to briefly discuss how implementing your plan actually helps people. You may care about this topic but why should your audience care as much as you? Keep in mind that as you write, as you compose your academic argument, do not address your audience. Unlike your previous two essays, you should not be using first and second person (“I” and “you”). Your essay doesn’t need to include pronouns at all. Your voice and tone should be objective and detached, much like the voice and tone, the persona conveyed in the scholarly journal articles you read and are using in the essay. You’re joining an academic conversation so envision how you want those people to “hear” you. Please indulge my metaphor: Imagine that you’ve been invited to a dinner party by your boss. You arrive in the proper attire, ready to network, and impress people. You see your colleagues mingling with upper management. They’re already engaged in an intense conversation. Would you just walk straight up to them and start talking? Hopefully, you’d be able to handle yourself gracefully. The way you sound in your essay goes a long way toward building your ethos so take it seriously.
IV. Costs and benefits of the plan; Please note that yes, there will be costs but the section is about “benefits” mostly because people are usually motivated by promises of gain (pathos). Mention the costs but spend a good deal of time proving that if your audience believes you and is persuaded to be a part of the solution, they will gain in tangible ways. Prove it.
V. Conclusion: Compose one paragraph that summarizes and paraphrases your topic sentences (the main ideas of your body paragraphs). Restate your thesis. Justify the importance, the urgency, of taking action now. Explain the “takeaway” to your audience. You must inspire your audience, one last time, to do something and be a part of the solution.
Rubric: Assessment and Evaluation: Please refer to the general essay rubric in our course materials module. In terms of overall composition and structure, I will be looking for how well you show off your understanding of how to format an academic essay in general (title page, intro, body paragraphs, conclusion, References page) and how well you follow the template that I just gave you. I provided everyone with a clear rubric for the previous two essays. As this is your final exam, it’s meant to be cumulative and all-inclusive in terms of persuasive technique, strategy, and effective research, and coherent, analytical, logical, and therefore persuasive writing. I’m looking at this final essay as what should be your best work. Either I see clear evidence that you’ve progressed and learned what you must learn about writing well and persuasion or not.
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