Arguments of Definition, writing homework help
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION ( please make sure you use Triton College database for your research). My research essay should be around 1250 words thanks.I really appreciate your work.
Everything's an Argument: Select a pattern of organization for your research essay from options below and read the corresponding chapter from the textbook. You will need to determine a claim for your argument before you select an organizational pattern. Determine the pattern that will provide the most effective support for your claim.
Arguments of Fact
Arguments of Definition
Evaluations
Causal Arguments
Proposal
They Say Blog – select one of the categories on the right side of the page to determine a topic that you'll research in greater detail for your essay 3. For example,
Are We in a Race against the Machine?
Is College the Best Option?
Is Fast Food the New Tobacco?
Is Higher Education Worth the Price?
Is Pop Culture Actually Good for Us?
What Should We Eat?
What's Gender Got to Do with It?
What's Up with the American Dream?
Why Does It Matter Who Wins the Big Game?
BRAINSTORMING
Determine the issue that is currently being debated publicly, about the concept(s) of reading, writing, and responding in academic settings. How will you connect the employer concerns to your readings? Make sure that your focus is debatable rather than a simple black-and -white concern.
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
After you've settled on a debatable claim, follow these steps:
Once you have chosen your 4-5 sources from the Triton Database begin to analyze them. An obvious place to begin would be by sketching out the rhetorical situations for each text, as well as for the larger context of the debate in which they exist. You might also ask who the authors (or rhetors) are and what their values, motivations, and constraints might be.
Next, you should analyze the arguments that the authors are making. What are their points? Do they disagree on everything? What kinds of evidence do they use? Do they seem to believe that the same things even count as evidence?
Take notes as you analyze your text and find ways to organize your notes. You might consider making a chart of questions with space for answers about each text.
Create a synthesis grid to analysis what each source has to say about your position.
SYNTHSIS GRID
POINT 1 POINT 2 POINT 3 OPPOSITION ETC.
ARTICLE 1 POV POV POV POV POV
ARTICLE 2 POV POV POV POV. POV
ARTICLE 3 POV POV POV POV POV
ARTICLE 4 POV POV POV POV POV
ETC.
PLANNING
Now that you have conducted the research and analyzed the texts, take a step back and ask yourself what you found. Go back to your original question and try to answer it: How do your sources support or oppose your position? You might have one clear answer to this question, and you might have several potential ideas regarding why they can't agree. Go ahead and make some claims in answer to the question and start marshallings the evidence from your notes to support your claims.
DRAFTING
Write an argumentative, research-based essay following the guidelines in the pattern of organization chapter. Be sure to do the following in your essay:
Provide background information on the debate and the texts you chose to analyze.
Make your claim(s) and provide the textual evidence from your analysis to support your claims.
End your essay with some sort of "so what?" TelI your readers, who are most likely your teacher and classmates, why it would be useful to have this analysis and why it is important to understand how texts are constructed and how meaning is made-or not.
REVISING
Good, thoughtful work usually takes time, planning, and reconsideration. What you've been asked to do in this activity is not easy, and you are more likely to write an effective text if you take the time to get feedback from some other writers you trust. Work with one or more classmates or a writing center tutor, and ask them if they think that you have effectively completed the assignment. For example, ask them the following:
Have you given thoughtful reasons for why the sources have taken their position?
Do they think you need more evidence?
Do they believe your claims?
Are they persuaded by the evidence that you provide?
Consider your tutor and peer feedback and make appropriate revisions. Note that at this point in the drafting process, you would do well to focus your revisions on global issues rather than fixating on eliminating "errors" or finding bigger words to use. This assignment asks you to conduct a careful analysis, and that is what your revision should focus on strengthening.
WHAT MAKES IT GOOD?
Your essay will be evaluated in terms of how well it accomplishes the goals set out. Remember that your essay should answer the following question: Why do authors of texts in the debate on X disagree? And how?
A strong essay will do the following:
Orient the reader by initially providing enough background information on the debate and the three texts you chose to analyze;
Make clear claim(s) in answer to the question;
Provide textual evidence that is convincing and clear to the reader;
Be organized in such a way that the reader can follow along without having to work to figure out where you are going; and
Be polished and edited so that the reader understands what you are arguing and is not distracted from your claims.
Sources: In your research, you would need to find articles (both scholarly and mainstream press) that support (argue for) or against your viewpoint and build a framework in your essay that not only supports your view but also examines the counter arguments brought by other stakeholders. Ideally, your argument will be sophisticated, in that it does not just see two sides in black and white, but sees multiple opinions (or counter arguments), while firmly supporting your own viewpoint. Your sources should be credible . You must cite at least 4 – 5 sources. You should show that you are able to evaluate credibility in the selection of your sources. Selected information should always be relevant to the central argument as well as quoted or paraphrased correctly to support each claim. They should also be well integrated into developed paragraphs and not just be dropped in but contextualized. Sources must be from the Triton Database ONLY.
You will compose an essay of 1250 – 1400 words (excludes quotations from both primary and secondary sources).
The syllabus indicates how to name your assignments upon submission.
You must use MLA citation format with a MLA works cited page.