Instructions- Please read the directions below carefully.
Assignment: Essay #2 Traditional-Aristotelian Argument
Purpose 
Incorporating your stance on a debatable issue into a reasonable argumentative essay that not only aims to convince readers to see, and hopefully consider, your viewpoint but presents both (or several) sides of the issue. This assignment will give you practice in: taking a stand on a topic, understanding and gathering support for both sides (yours and opposing views) of the topic, conducting research, effectively organizing your ideas and research into a well-developed essay, and writing persuasively and logically.
Instructions
Students must choose a popular culture issue, present or past, of their expertise and/or interest and construct an argumentative study in a one-to-three page document (excluding the Works Cited page). Note: Free feel to argue on the issues we previously discussed in class. This essay assignment also will allow you the option to expand and/or revamp your diagnostic essay.

Guidelines:

Essay should include:
Your argument/Thesis statement
Claims to support your argument
Evidence to support your claims
Counterarguments for balance and rebuttal
Reiteration of your argument in the conclusion
Requirements
1. Document Length: Between 3-5 pgs.  Note: No limit on paragraphs.

2. Essay should include a title

3. Works Cited page:  3-4 sources. Sources can include: books
magazine/journal articles, graphs, (direct/indirect) interviews, (direct/indirect)
surveys, graphs, charts, etc.  Do not use any encyclopedias (def. not Wikipedia) or any non-
creditable websites as primary sources.
4. MLA Format (refer to Rules for Writers chpts. 59 and 60 or Elements of Argument chpt. 13, p. 400-413)
5. Submission- Research Paper MUST be submitted as a Word attachment either Blackboard Assignment or via e-mail. THIS ESSAY MUST BE SENT AS A WORD ATTACHMENT. NO EXCEPTIONS!
6. Point of View- Third Person (Do not use I, me, my, mine, you, your, we, us, and/or our.)

7. Language- Rhetorical/formal
Grading
Your essay will be worth 15% of your total grade. A grading rubric is forthcoming.

Deadline
Your essay will be due on Tuesday, April 12, by 11:59 p.m. for full credit. Late papers, for a grade penalty, will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 14. No papers will be accepted after April 14.

Suggestions
In deciding on a topic, you should ask yourself the following:
What debatable topic interests me?
What concerns me?
What do I want to learn more about?

In evaluating your topic, please ask yourself the following:
-What is the issue? How can I best define it?
-Is it an arguable issue??
-What do I know about this issue?
-What are some relatable issues?
-How can I narrow the issue for an essay-length argument?
-What are my views on the issue? How can I state my claim?
-What evidence supports my claim?
-Does my argument include a call for action? What do I want readers to do, if anything,
about the issue?
-What is the counterargument? How can I refute the counterargument?

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