Instructions: For this assignment, you will use a topic and sources generated from your Group APA Annotated Bibliography Project and write a well-researched, multi-component, argumentative essay. Your essay must make a strong and clear two-part claim/argument about your topic that is backed up by detailed, persuasive, and evidence-supported discussion of the multiple reasons that your claims are valid. You must support your argument by using various rhetorical strategies, including (but not limited to) expert testimony, empirical data, a variety of appeals, narrative, and extended metaphor.
Requirements:
• Your essay must be in APA format (title page, Times New Roman, 12pt font, double spaced, page numbers, proper citations, etc.).
• Your essay must incorporate information from AT LEAST 6 (six) sources, and each of these MUST be cited in your paper.
• You must provide in-text parenthetical citations in APA format for all paraphrased, summarized, and directly quoted material from your sources.
o Direct quotes must be embedded smoothly to create grammatically correct sentences, clearly support your ideas, and include a page or paragraph number in the citation.
o Paraphrased material that is not common knowledge must be cited and include a page number or paragraph number in the citation.
• You must include ONE correctly formatted block quote (no more, no less) in your essay of no more than 80 words (A block quote IS a direct quote—but is has its own special rules for formatting).
• You must provide an APA formatted Reference page listing all sources cited in your essay in alphabetical order. (DO NOT include annotations).
• Your essay must include the following WRITING TECHNIQUES:
o At least TWO TYPES OF ARGUMENT—Choose from the following:
Definition/Evaluative (A can be defined as B because it has C, D, & E qualities and it is superior/inferior than F because it G, H, & I)
Causal/Proposal (A is causing problem B and C is the best way to fix it.)
Evaluative/Proposal (A is the best/worst B because of C, D, & E and therefore, we must C because of D, E & F).
o Both types of argument are clearly articulated in a DETAILED THESIS STATEMENT (highlight in purple).
o At least ONE COUNTERARGUMENT is addressed (highlighted in dark blue).
o At least ONE EXTENDED METAPHOR (at least THREE references highlighted in yellow)
o use of NARRATIVE (Personal, Real World, or Hypothetical) (highlighted in green)
o At least TWO correctly used semi-colons (joined sentences highlighted in light blue)
o At least THREE SAT LIST WORDS used correctly (highlighted in grey).
• Your essay must be between 2000-2500 words in length (including reference page).
Use these
III. Argument Type
Illness solutions
#1 a. Subtopic #1
Cancer research
b. Subtopic #2
Vaccines growing
c. Subtopic #3
Illness deemed uncurbable started being cured
IV. Argument Type #2
Global Change
a. Subtopic #1
Lower death rates
b. Subtopic #2
Improved quality and efficiency of hospitals
c. Subtopic #3
Third world countries getting medical treatment