In Essay 4, you will defend or refute the position you took on the diet you investigated during Unit 1. Your essay will have to be a rigorous analysis of the scientific support for and proofs against the diet you have chosen, and you must justify your position in light of both, especially through your counterargument. You will also have to analyze the validity of the studies you use to support your position and those that impeach your opposition. Consider flaws in reasoning, bias, exclusion of perspectives or data, poorly constructed experiments, etc. You must prove your thesis through well-reasoned, well-researched, well-organized argument.
Requirements:
- 2,250 words minimum
- 1”margins
- Last Name & Page Numbers in the upper-right corner of the Header
- Heading in the upper-left corner of the 1st page that includes
Your Full Name
Course
Professor Name
Date
- A clear, relevant, interesting title
- Double-spaced (no extra space between paragraphs)
- A correct MLA Works Cited page of all sources
- Correct MLA Citations throughout the text of your essay for all material referenced
- SEE MLA INFO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
- NO sentence-level errors
- A coherent structure—the ideas in your essay should flow (OUTLINES SAVE LIVES!)
- NO irrelevant points or wordiness
- On-time submission on Canvas for both rough and final drafts
IMPORTANT NOTE: Any draft that does not reach the minimum word count (even by 1 word), can receive no more than a 60%. Be sure that if you use Google Docs or other online word processing apps (which count differently), that you aren’t under the minimum.