{"id":20429,"date":"2023-05-21T06:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T06:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-three-waters-bill-making-its-way-through-parliament-has-provoked-a-strong-reaction-in-some-people-will-the-legislation-be-a-positive-change-for-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2023-05-21T06:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T06:24:50","slug":"the-three-waters-bill-making-its-way-through-parliament-has-provoked-a-strong-reaction-in-some-people-will-the-legislation-be-a-positive-change-for-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-three-waters-bill-making-its-way-through-parliament-has-provoked-a-strong-reaction-in-some-people-will-the-legislation-be-a-positive-change-for-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Waters bill making its way through Parliament has provoked a strong reaction in some people. Will the legislation be a positive change for New Zealand?"},"content":{"rendered":"

argument essay supporting your position and refuting opposing arguments. <\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Define any terms you are using<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>to help establish exactly what you are arguing about.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Your arguments should be logical, clear and well-supported. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> <\/span>Include <\/span>at least<\/strong> <\/span>1 quotation, 2 paraphrases, and 1 summary as source support. Write (Q), (P), and (S) next to them for clear identification. Each should come from a different source and be properly referenced. You can include more than 4, but don\u2019t let sources dominate your essay.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

4. <\/span><\/em>Indicate <\/span>where<\/span> <\/span>your supporting arguments, counter-arguments and refutations <\/span>begin<\/u> <\/span>with clear signals introducing them. And to make things super clear for you and your marker (and only for this assignment), ALSO label these supporting arguments, counter-arguments and refutations with: <\/span>Arg 1, Arg 2, C-Arg 1, Ref 1<\/strong> <\/span>etc. for clear identification.<\/p>\n

5. Include a correctly presented bibliography of at least 5 sources, using a variety of types of trustworthy sources (ie. mainly academic journal articles, but you could also use government reports, reliable non-governmental organisation websites, an online book etc). Avoid relying on weaker sources, such as social media posts or political party publications. <\/span>At the top of your reference list, indicate which referencing style you are using.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

6. Your expression and style should be academic, even if a source uses a non-academic style.<\/p>\n

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  1. CONTENT<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Good understanding of subject, main issues effectively explained<\/p>\n

    Clear position on topic established in Introduction, purpose of essay clear to reader<\/p>\n

    Definitions included where necessary<\/p>\n

    Strong, well-structured arguments; main ideas well supported with evidence, examples etc.<\/p>\n

    Writer shows awareness of other positions (counter-arguments)<\/p>\n

    Counter-arguments effectively refuted<\/p>\n

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    1. ORGANISATION<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Effective introduction: contextual information, thesis statement, preview of essay Body<\/p>\n

      Paragraphs well ordered & topic sentences used effectively<\/p>\n

      Transitions and links well managed. Signals indicating counters and refutations clear<\/p>\n

      Clearly stated, relevant, concise conclusion<\/p>\n

      No unnecessary repetition or irrelevant information<\/p>\n

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      1. STYLE<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Clear, concise expression; tone appropriate for academic writing<\/p>\n

        Writer appears interested in and committed to topic – strong writer \u201cvoice\u201d<\/p>\n

        Sources do not dominate essay<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. MECHANICS<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Spelling, punctuation, word use correct. A spell checker has been used before submission.<\/p>\n

          At least 4 sources effectively incorporated into essay as summary, paraphrase, quote, and labelled<\/p>\n

          In-text citations and bibliography entries correct<\/p>\n

          Arguments, counter-arguments & refutations labelled with Arg 1, C-Arg 1, Ref 1 etc.<\/p>\n


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          argument essay supporting your position and refuting opposing arguments.  1. Define any terms you are using to help establish exactly what you are arguing about. 2. Your arguments should be logical, clear and well-supported.  3. Include at least 1 quotation, 2 paraphrases, and 1 summary as source support. Write (Q), (P), and (S) next to them for clear identification. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[186],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/20429"}],"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=20429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/20429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=20429"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=20429"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=20429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}