{"id":15149,"date":"2023-04-17T21:48:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/write-an-essay-arguing-for-a-strong-persuasive-position-on-a-controversial-issue\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T21:48:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:48:47","slug":"write-an-essay-arguing-for-a-strong-persuasive-position-on-a-controversial-issue","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/write-an-essay-arguing-for-a-strong-persuasive-position-on-a-controversial-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Write an essay arguing for a strong, persuasive position on a controversial issue."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>TOPIC THESIS: &#8220;Responsible gun laws can work for both sides in America&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(Adjust sources and topic thesis as needed.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Your essay must include the following:<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>-A clearly stated question on an important issue (thesis as a question with diverse answers\/standpoints to be explored).<\/div>\n<div>-a context paragraph that explains the controversy\n<\/div>\n<div>paragraphs exploring &amp; evaluating the values and reasons that support these diverse standpoints on the thesis question.<\/div>\n<div>-a minimum of five scholarly, credible sources.<\/div>\n<div>-a minimum of one counterargument and rebuttal (this may require more than one source to represent that counterargument).<\/div>\n<div>-a visual that supports a key point.<\/div>\n<div>-a combination of logical, values-based and ethical appeals.<\/div>\n<div>-a persuasive, evidence-  and values-based answer\/outcome to the thesis question.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPIC THESIS: &#8220;Responsible gun laws can work for both sides in America&#8221;. (Adjust sources and topic thesis as needed.) Your essay must include the following: -A clearly stated question on an important issue (thesis as a question with diverse answers\/standpoints to be explored). -a context paragraph that explains the controversy paragraphs exploring &amp; evaluating the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[762],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/15149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/15149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=15149"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=15149"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=15149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}