1.

500 words, which is less than two complete double

–

spaced pages.

Organizational pattern

Argument

Topic

Choose any widely debated issue and argue for a position (your thesis). Be sure to use specific

examples, data, and experts’ authority to support your position.

Organizational order

(useful for transitions between sentences and paragraphs):

Logical: lea

st to most important; most to least important; or problem/solution as another

reasonable organizational order.

Audience

People who don’t have a clear position on the issue and are willing to listen in detail to yours.

You are trying to persuade them to a

dopt your position.

Important:

After

I have reviewed and returned your proposed thesis statement, complete your

essay on the topic above. Proof your final draft carefully.

Your essay must include:

An introduction that makes an attempt to get the reader

s’ attention, sets the context (audience

and purpose), and ends with a thesis statement that makes an assertion and a sentence that

previews for the readers the main points or reasons you will be addressing in the essay. That

will create the expectation in

the readers about how the body will be organized, one body

section for each reason. Why are the main points in that order? The answer to that question is

your organizational order. It could be as simple as the least important reason building up to the

mos

t important reason. Whatever it is, the transitions between the body sections should make

the organizational order clear to the readers.

The essay should have a final concluding paragraph that summarizes the main reasons, provides

any final important insig

hts, and gives a sense of closure.

Your essays for Week 5 and Week 6 will require sources that are worked into the essay as a mix

of narrative in

–

text citations and parenthetical in

–

text citations; the sources will also be formally

presented on a separat

e references page.

Reminder

This assignment needs an APA title page and page numbers on all pages. For sources, you are

limited to using the three articles that you found for Asmt 5.3. You need an APA

–

formatted

references page for this essay; use the one you made for Asmt 5.3.

Subm

it the assignment by clicking on the

Add Content

box, adding a note (optional),

attaching

the Word document

by clicking on the

paperclip icon

, and then clicking

Submit

.

1.

500 words, which is less than two complete double-spaced pages.

Organizational pattern

Argument

Topic

Choose any widely debated issue and argue for a position (your thesis). Be sure to use specific

examples, data, and experts’ authority to support your position.

Organizational order (useful for transitions between sentences and paragraphs):

Logical: least to most important; most to least important; or problem/solution as another

reasonable organizational order.

Audience

People who don’t have a clear position on the issue and are willing to listen in detail to yours.

You are trying to persuade them to adopt your position.

Important: After I have reviewed and returned your proposed thesis statement, complete your

essay on the topic above. Proof your final draft carefully.

Your essay must include:

An introduction that makes an attempt to get the readers’ attention, sets the context (audience

and purpose), and ends with a thesis statement that makes an assertion and a sentence that

previews for the readers the main points or reasons you will be addressing in the essay. That

will create the expectation in the readers about how the body will be organized, one body

section for each reason. Why are the main points in that order? The answer to that question is

your organizational order. It could be as simple as the least important reason building up to the

most important reason. Whatever it is, the transitions between the body sections should make

the organizational order clear to the readers.

The essay should have a final concluding paragraph that summarizes the main reasons, provides

any final important insights, and gives a sense of closure.

Your essays for Week 5 and Week 6 will require sources that are worked into the essay as a mix

of narrative in-text citations and parenthetical in-text citations; the sources will also be formally

presented on a separate references page.

Reminder

This assignment needs an APA title page and page numbers on all pages. For sources, you are

limited to using the three articles that you found for Asmt 5.3. You need an APA-formatted

references page for this essay; use the one you made for Asmt 5.3.

Submit the assignment by clicking on the Add Content box, adding a note (optional), attaching

the Word document by clicking on the paperclip icon, and then clicking Submit.