Overview: This assignment focuses on your ability to: create effective thesis statements, synthesize research, text support, and personal analyses into a cohesive essay, defend an argument, and properly cite researched material in APA format.The purpose of completing this assignment is: as a student, career professional, and individual, learning how to defend your side of an argument with data, experience, and valid information is of paramount importance. As a student at Post, use this assignment to master the objectives listed above, particularly APA citation and reference page formatting. You need to know APA and argumentation techniques!Book banning is not merely a collective or abstract issue; it profoundly affects individuals on personal, intellectual, and emotional levels. When books are prohibited or restricted, the consequences resonate deeply with readers, authors, and society. Submit your assignment by 11:59 p.m. EST, Sunday of Unit 6. Instructions: Write a three-to-four-page position paper to address the following prompt: Many books are banned from the American school curriculum. There are many reasons, such as adult themes, charged language, and graphic violence. Should books be banned or preserved for intellectual freedom and societal well-being?In your response:
- Choose your side of this issue and decide what three supporting proofs you will use to defend your argument.
- Find two scholarly/academic sources to help you defend your argument from the Post University Library database (include proper reference citations with permalinks).
- Note: If you refer to a work of literature that has been banned (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, The Bluest Eye) you must inlcude textual evidence from that work which demonstrates why it was banned and cite it properly.
- Ensure that your thesis is defended in the introduction, at least three supporting sections, and conclusion.
Requirements:
- Your response should be at least three pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.
- Your response should have a properly APA formatted title and reference pages. Utilize the template for your title page.
- Ensure APA format for all citations.
- The paper should be double-spaced with 1-inch margins. Choice of fonts: 11point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 12-point Times New Roman.
- Ensure your perspective is in the third-person, objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as “I,” “you,” “we,” etc.
- Include in-text citations for direct quotes, paraphrases, and new information.