Write a Toulmin model argument based on your own original claims in response to the ideas from the assigned readings from this unit. You must quote at least three different authors from the list. Use these quotations to support your own claims, not to summarize the readings. Each claim (topic sentence) must have multiple sources of quotations as supporting evidence (within the same body paragraph). The essay must be in MLA format, include in-text parenthetical citation (author-page format), and an MLA works cited page listing each source used. Minimum of 1,500 words, though there is no maximum as long as it follows the topic and assignment. Evaluation criteria: Originality of claims (thesis, topic sentences), integration of evidence (context and analysis of quotations used for evidence), quality of prose. Logical paragraph transitions and essay unity. MLA format. Essays lacking sufficient citation and documentation will be held as a zero until revised to avoid plagiarism.
(THE 3 SOURCES ARE 3 DIFFERENT AUTHORS FROM BELOW SOURCES)
Required Readings: Civil disobediance and political economy
Niccolo Machiavelli, “The Qualities of a Prince”
Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
Adam Smith, “The Value of Labor” and a link to “Of the Natural Progress of Opulence” Karl Marx, “The Communist Manifesto”
Henry David Thoreau, a link to “Civil Disobedience”
Andrew Carnegie, “The Gospel of Wealth”
Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Robert Reich, “Why the Rich are Getting Richer, and the Poor, Poorer”
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