Choose a topic related to ONE of the following:
Medicine
The environment
Racism
Rights of Women
Education
Poverty
Foreign Trade and Relations
Debt/Economics
Technology
The Internet
Time to Write
For your final assessment in this course, you will produce a 5-paragraph argumentative essay.
You will be expected to include the following:
Include a persuasive main idea statement that takes your audience into consideration.
Write a reasonable, assertive thesis statement that clearly expresses what you want your readers to do or to believe.
Match your supporting reasons to your readers’ priorities and goals. Include only those reasons that are relevant to your readers.
Incorporate concessions. Anticipate and acknowledge the opposing viewpoints and then go on to refute them.
Determine the best order for your reasons. Decide whether you should arrange your reasons from most important to least important or vice versa. Include transitional words to help the readers follow you from one point to the next.
Include credible, logical or emotional evidence. Use your analysis of your readers to decide which facts, statistics, expert testimony, examples, or emotional appeals will be most effective. Remember ethos, pathos, and logos.
Your 5-paragraph essay should also include:
Introduction
Body paragraph
Body paragraph
Body paragraph
Conclusion
This essay is worth 100pts.
