Parenting Styles, problems

Overview for prompt:
Decide which source is better. Either Nick Gillespie, “Millennials Are Selfish and Entitled, and Helicopter Parents Are to Blame” or Alfie Kohn, “The One-Sided Culture War against Children”
Which author seems to make the stronger case and why? Your answer to this question will become your thesis. Remember—the stronger essay may NOT be the one that you agree with BUT do not include your personal reaction to the issues.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies/argumentative rhetoric the authors use to support their points. Like an Olympic judge, you have to “score” the performance.
Be sure you address the types of evidence used in each piece and whether the evidence is convincing (or not). Evidence goes beyond mentioning a reference—you must pull in specific support from the essay by quoting.
Topic sentences must connect/invoke the thesis to reveal organization and direct the paper’s flow
Formal academic writing highlights the material, not the writer’s personal reaction/response to the material
include works cited (refer to MLA).
Context for writing:
An analysis of a debate offers an assessment, a judgment about disputants regarding a topic using reasonable, relevant criteria to base the evaluation on. Evidence for analysis exists in terms of the standards/criteria that can be compared/contrasted, making the evaluation/judgment persuasive to an audience, not just subjective opinion. As in writing an argument, the writer needs to anticipate reader’s objections or alternative evaluations.
Effective organization is necessary in an evaluation. When a topic is being compared/contrasted with another, the writer can organize the essay subject by subject or point by point. The writer should keep consistent throughout the essay in using one or the other method.

Be sure to give:
(The following is a checklist for the content of the paper)
An outline as a cover page before your essay (not included in page count)
an informative title;
an opening with interest;
consideration of audience;
a clear thesis;
well-considered academic word choice and tone;
avoiding subjective “I” needlessly;
avoiding “dead” words like “it” or “things”;
transitions between ideas;
supporting evidence/details/specificity/authority/fact/data, etc.;
using researched material accurately when referencing
commentary as demonstration of your developing skills in using research to forward/prove your thesis;
counter-arguments;
response to counter-arguments;
a conclusive ending
a works cited (not included in the page count)
Directions:
Use the set of debates presented (two authors presenting opposite sides of an issue). ********Which is attached in the images with this order.*******

Chapter 16 Topic: Parenting Styles, problems
Nick Gillespie, “Millennials Are Selfish and Entitled, and Helicopter Parents Are to Blame”
and
Alfie Kohn, “The One-Sided Culture War against Children”

Suggestions for organizing essay 2:
These frames suggest the traditional 5 paragraph essay:

I. Introduction
A. Hook/orientation to topic
B. Background/id of authors and titles, essential info for their stances
C. Thesis: which author makes the stronger case (notice PRESENT tense) and why
RCB (reason, counter, rebuttal)=Toulmin argument!
II. Body
A. Piece that supports your thesis (the stronger essay) (Reason)
1. Criteria 1
2. Criteria 2
3. Criteria 3, etc.
B. Piece that supports your thesis (because it’s the weaker essay) (Counter)
1. Criteria 1 NOTE: these are still strengths in another interpretation!
2. Criteria 2
3. Criteria 3, etc.
C. Why the weaker essay falls short/stronger essay succeeds (Rebuttal)
1. Additional criteria observations
2. Additional criteria observations
3. Additional criteria observations
III. Closure—the take-aways of what a stronger argument can achieve

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