Here are some requirements and tips for writing your argumentation – your final essay for the course:
A. Choose one of the following topics for your final argumentation essay:
1). Should an illegal immigrant be given a driver’s license?
2). Marijuana should be legalized for medicinal purposes.
3). As an exercise, swimming far exceeds running as a means to health and fitness.
B. This is a difficult essay to write. Do not rush to write your essay. Read Chapter 14 carefully and read it several times, if necessary, to make sure you understand it. Think carefully about the topic you have selected before you start.
The purpose of an argumentation paper is to persuade a reader to a point of view. So in your paper, you must take a position on the subject matter you are arguing about and offer logical reasons for holding that position. (Do you support it or oppose it? Why? What is your supporting evidence? Use secondary sources, if possible, as your supporting evidence, for you should always be objective when you write an argumentation essay.)
Argumentation papers must draw on controversial subject matter – that is, the possibility for a different opinion on the subject must exist. Otherwise, there would be no need to argue.
1). When writing a formal argumentation essay, make sure you have the following in your essay:
–State the problem or issue in your introduction;
–In some cases, state the possible positions to be taken on the problem;
–State the position you will take in your essay;
–Offer supporting evidence that the position you take is the reasonable one to hold
–Anticipate objections to the position and acknowledge or refute them
–Affirm the position and make a final appeal
–You should have an introduction paragraph in your essay.
–You should have 3-5 body paragraphs
–Begin each body paragraph with a topic sentence, followed by supporting evidence
–Argue for only one key point in each body paragraph.
–You should have a conclusion paragraph. In your conclusion, reiterate your position on the topic of your argumentation, summarize the key points you argued for in the body of your essay that support your position on the topic, and draw a conclusion out of it.
–Your essay should have about 1000 words
2). Remember to use induction or deduction in your reasoning. Remember to avoid logical fallacies.
3). Follow the steps you learned from your reading (Chapters 1-3) in Week 1
4). Follow the established pattern of organization for the Argumentation essay when you write.
5). You should use some outside/secondary sources to support your arguments and remember to use appropriate in-text citations and works cited pages in the correct MLA style.
6). Importance: No plagiarism is accepted (every essay will be checked for plagiarism using TURNITIN.COM).
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