TOPICS: CHOOSE ONLY ONE AND WRITE A 9 PAGED PAPER PLUS A WORKS CITED PAGE SO 10 IN ALL ON IT PLEASE

1. How does social media affect ones body image?
2. Should teachers of K-12 schools be allowed to carry firearms on campuses?
3. Does modern US society support women as much as it supports men?

My grade is relying on all 250 points.

For your first paper you will be required to write an essay at least 9 pages long using in depth research to craft a persuasive argument. Choose a topic to research to gain a clear understanding of its history, and how the topic has changed over time. Use your outside evidence drawn from articles, news reports, internet sources, documentaries, interview, etc. to education your readers about the subject. Your main objective for this essay is to explain how your range of evidence works to prove a specific point about your subject. How can you interpret and analyze the logical, ethical, and emotional evidence you have to make readers agree with your thesis? How do you want readers to think, discuss, or act differently regarding your topic?

Your essay needs to be clear and unified under your thesis. Make sure to include specific

evidence from your outside sources you read, to show how and why your sources support your

thesis. Use your own original ideas about your topic in conjunction with your outside evidence

to support your thesis. Make sure to review the section in your textbook on proper MLA citation

for any quotes or paraphrases you use from your outside source.

This essay will be scanned using the Vericite program to check for plagiarism. To avoid

losing points for partial plagiarism or the entire essay receiving a 0, make sure to properly

document all outside sources as you use them in your paragraphs and in your work cited page.

Whether paraphrasing or quoting a source, make sure to cite it. Make sure to upload your essay

only once to avoid inaccurate scans of your essay.

Grading Criteria

Successful papers will have:

1. A developed introductory paragraph, with a clear thesis. Explain what your topic is, and

what you will try and prove about your topic. Why is it important to accept your

argument? (20 points)

2. Well-supported, unified body paragraphs with specific examples that reinforce your

thesis. Express your original ideas and insight you’ve gained about your topic, to show

how and why readers should be persuaded by your argument. (140 points)

3. Smoothly integrated quotes and or paraphrases from at least three outside sources. At

least two of your sources must be print sources (articles or books that originated in print

form.)

(50 points)

4. A conclusion that summarizes your main point, and offers a final thought about the value

of your argument. What should readers do with the information you’ve given them?

(30 points)

5. Your paper will also be thoroughly edited for sentence-level errors. If you have any

questions on sentence structure or grammar, visit the Writing Center, or see me in my

office. (10 points)

Total points: 250

These questions need to be addressed very well all throughout my essay, so if someone were to answer them they can easily find everything.

1. What is the writer’s thesis? Quote it. Does it state the writer’s topic, and their argument position on the topic?
2. Does their introduction identify their main evidence areas? What are they?
3. What important background information stands out to you the writer explains to help make their argument more accessible?

4.Does the writer explain how their evidence supports their thesis? Which evidence point was the most persuasive and why?

1. What were the original ideas or points the writer made that you thought were most persuasive and why?
2. Are any quotes used to support the argument? Are they all properly cited? Is each evidence point followed with 2-3 sentences of analysis of it?
3. Which quote was most effective to support their argument? Why?
4. What is the writer’s purposed solution to the topic they focus on? Do they explain logistically how they will reduce or fix the problem they analyzed?
5. Does the writer describe at least one counter argument? Do they explain how to refute their opposing argument successfully how so?
6. Were you convinced of their argument overall? What was the strongest and weakest area of their argument? Why?