Paper #3: Research-Based Position
Assignment Overview
The instructor will devise a specific rhetorical situation in which each
student will be required to identify a specific issue that calls for
sustained, research-based argumentation. The rhetorical situation
should include either inherent or explicitly outlined parameters for
topic selection that will prevent the type of free-for-all in which
students end up with topics that are vague, overdone, or difficult for
students to approach in an unbiased way.
Students will be required to develop a specific thesis and
organize a sustained argument. They will be required to find their
source material, partly by using library databases, and at least one of
their sources must be a peer-reviewed academic article.
You must focus your paper on the topic of “local communities” and
identify problems that those communities might face.
Assignment Outcomes
Identify and explain a specific and compelling issue within the
parameters of the rhetorical situation outlined on the assignment
prompt.
Organized a sustained argument that is sensitive to a particular
rhetorical situation.
Use library databases to find appropriate source material.
Distinguish between academic and non-academic sources and use
different types of sources in appropriate ways.
Integrate source references, including direct quotations, using
signal phrases (attributive tags) and parenthetical in-text citations
(MLA format).
Synthesize source references from more than one source.
Construct a properly formatted works cited page using MLA guidelines.
Requirements
Length: 1,200-1,500 words.
Format: Follow MLA guidelines.
Source Usage: Three sources, at least one academic. The paper must
demonstrate effective summary, paraphrase, and quotation using signal
phrases and parenthetical citations for attribution. The paper must
include a properly formatted works cited page with two full
bibliographical citations.
A sample Annotated Bibliography has been uploaded to FILES and is explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKNrKRAOYwI
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