Term Research Paper
Fleming/ENG 122
Assignment:
Write an argumentative research paper on your chosen and approved topic. Be sure that you address your chosen issue from both sides (proponent and opponent), but choose a position and defend it. Remember to spend a considerable amount of space within your paper with the exposition or explanation of your topic. Many of you will have topics that are not considered mainstream; therefore, it will be important to bring your audience up-to-date on the topic. Also, remember to come up with compelling and credible evidence and examples to assist you in supporting your thesis/claim.
A word about the topic: Remember that your topic is up to you, but I would like to give you a little bit of guidance. Try to avoid the topics that are "done to death." In other words, avoid topics that are over-researched, over-written and will be hard to add your voice to.
Some examples of the type of topic to AVOID: Abortion, Legalize Marijuana, School Uniforms, The Death Penalty, Euthanasia, The Drinking Age, steroids in sports, Physician Assisted Suicide, paying student athletes, etc. Think about what you really care about. What really gets you either excited or riles you up, makes you think, makes you angry, makes you happy etc. I really encourage you to think about issues that you are passionate about and that may coincide with the discourse of your chosen discipline. If you really want to write about one of the topics I listed here, let me know and maybe we can work together to narrow the topic and focus on a specific case etc.
Requirements:
10-12 (can be longer/should not be any shorter than 10 full) pages
MLA format (both paper and Works Cited)
(If you use APA in your discipline, please email me to discuss this as an option for this paper.)
8 sources (5 of which should be print sources. Print sources include books, magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, pamphlets, and online library databases. Websites are not considered print sources.)— See me if you have more or less and we’ll chat.
Please avoid going over 8 sources. For a paper of this scope, you will not need more. If you do have more sources, touch base with me.
3 drafts (to be turned in at separate times over the course of the semester)
Works Cited page
Resources for Researching and Writing:
Everything’s an Argument–for your argumentation and MLA concerns and for help getting started.
The library (whichever library you are closest)—for print source material and online research
Me—for any questions or concerns that may arise while researching and writing
Writing center links found in the "Web link" tool—for help with argumentation ideas and MLA formatting
Due Dates: dates are very tentative due dates as of right now—I will let you know the specific dates after we get going on our research.
First Draft is due to Workshop Discussion: Week 11 (5-7 pages more refined and organized)
Second Draft is due to Workshop Discussion: Week 13 (7-10 pages but not fully edited)
Completed Draft is due to Workshop Discussion: Final Full Week, May 2 (10-12 pages nearly completed and ready for editing)
Final Draft is due to Assignment: Final Day of class, May 9 (10-12 pages completed and polished)
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