Touchstone 3.2: Draft an Argumentative Research Essay
\nASSIGNMENT: Using your outline and annotated bibliography from Touchstones 1.2 and 2.2, draft a 6-8 page argumentative research essay on your chosen topic.<\/p>\n
As this assignment builds on Touchstone 2.2: Create an Annotated Bibliography, that Touchstone, as well as Touchstone 3.1, must be graded before you can submit your research essay draft.<\/p>\n
Sample Touchstone 3.2<\/p>\n
In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any plagiarized or recycled work will result in a Plagiarism Detected alert. Review this tutorial for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert: Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines.
\nA. Assignment Guidelines
\nDIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.<\/p>\n
1. Argumentative Thesis Statement
\n\u2752 Have you included a thesis in your introduction includes a clear, arguable stance and supporting reasons?
\n2. Argument Development
\n\u2752 Are all of the details relevant to the purpose of your essay?
\n\u2752 Is the argument supported using persuasive rhetorical appeals and page\/paragraph-numbered source material (i.e., direct quotations, paraphrasing, and summary)?
\n\u2752 Is your essay 6-8 pages (approximately 1500-2000 words, not including your references or reflection question responses)? If not, which details do you need to add or remove?
\n\u2752 Does the essay consist of at least seven paragraphs \u2013 an introduction, five body paragraphs (with at least one for the counterarguments and rebuttals), and a conclusion? Are the body paragraphs ordered logically to strengthen the argument, and do they all contain accurate evidence from credible sources?
\n\u2752 Do your topic sentences make original and supportable points? Do your topic sentences directly support your thesis statement?
\n3. Research
\n\u2752 Have you introduced, contextualized, and cited outside sources effectively using at least some direct quotation, summary, and paraphrase techniques and included page\/paragraph-numbered parenthetical citations?
\n\u2752 Are the sources incorporated smoothly, providing the reader with signal phrases and context for the source information?
\n\u2752 Have you referenced a range of at least 7 credible sources, and does each source have at least one accurate in-text citation in the essay?
\n\u2752 Have you properly formatted your citations according to APA style guidelines?
\n\u2752 Have you included an APA style reference page below your essay and do the sources listed there match those cited in the essay?
\n4. Reflection
\n\u2752 Have you answered all reflection questions thoughtfully and included insights, observations, and\/or examples in all responses?
\n\u2752 Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment?
\nB. Reflection
\nDIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.<\/p>\n
Provide one example of a place where you have used rhetorical appeals or source material to support your argument. How does this enhance your essay? (2-3 sentences)
\nTouchstone 4 is a revision of this draft. What kind of feedback would be helpful for you as you revise? Are there parts of your draft that you\u2019re uncertain of? (3-4 sentences)
\nC. Rubric
\n \tAdvanced (100%)\tProficient (85%)\tAcceptable (75%)\tNeeds Improvement (50%)\tNon-Performance (0%)
\nArgument Development and Support (40 points)
\nProvide a clear argument with sufficient support.
\nThe argument is thoroughly developed with highly relevant details to support it, including the use of rhetorical appeals and accurately cited source material (with page or paragraph numbers included).\tThe argument is well-developed with relevant details to support it, including the use of rhetorical appeals and accurately cited source material (with page or paragraph numbers included).\tThe argument is not fully developed; while it is supported by some relevant details, including rhetorical appeals and accurately cited source material (with page or paragraph numbers included)l, some aspects of the argument are neglected.\tThe argument is poorly developed with irrelevant details that frequently distract from the argument; there is little evidence of the use of rhetorical appeals and\/or source material. Source material included is still accurately cited (with page or paragraph numbers included).\tThe argument is not developed and\/or the composition is not argumentative; details are irrelevant and distract from the argument OR are not supported with accurately cited source material.
\nResearch (30 points)
\nIncorporate sources through effective quotations, paraphrases, and summaries.
\nCites all outside sources appropriately; incorporates credible sources smoothly and effectively through some direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.\tPrimarily cites outside sources appropriately; incorporates credible sources effectively through some direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.\tGenerally cites outside sources appropriately; incorporates credible sources adequately through some direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.\tCites outside sources, but most are cited improperly; incorporates sources through some direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary, but the integration is not smooth and\/or the credibility of the sources is unclear.\tDoes not cite or reference sources with page\/paragraph numbers, citation is consistently inappropriate and\/or inaccurate, and\/or sources are not credible or appropriate.
\nOrganization (15 points)
\nExhibit competent organizational writing techniques.
\nIncludes all of the required components of an argumentative research paper, including an introduction with relevant and engaging background information and an argumentative thesis, an adequate number of body paragraphs with topic sentences, a body paragraph addressing counterargument(s), and a conclusion with a concluding statement.\tIncludes all of the required components of an argumentative research paper, including an introduction with background information, an argumentative thesis, an adequate number of body paragraphs with topic sentences, a body paragraph addressing counterargument(s), and a conclusion with a concluding statement.\tIncludes nearly all of the required components of an argumentative research paper; however, one component is missing.\tIncludes most of the required components of an argumentative research paper, but is lacking two components; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are sometimes unclear and the reader may have difficulty following the progression of the argument.\tLacks several or all of the components of an argumentative research paper; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are often unclear and the reader has difficulty following the progression of the argument.
\nStyle (5 points)
\nEstablish a consistent, informative tone and make thoughtful stylistic choices.
\nDemonstrates thoughtful and effective word choices, avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a wide variety of sentence structures.\tDemonstrates effective word choices, primarily avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a variety of sentence structures.\tDemonstrates generally effective style choices, but may include occasional redundancies, imprecise language, poor word choice, and\/or repetitive sentence structures.\tFrequently includes poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and\/or repetitive sentence structures.\tConsistently demonstrates poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and\/or repetitive sentence structures.
\nConventions (5 points)
\nFollow conventions for standard written English.
\nThere are only a few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.\tThere are occasional minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.\tThere are some significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.\tThere are frequent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.\tThere are consistent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.
\nReflection (5 points)
\nAnswer reflection questions thoroughly and thoughtfully.
\nDemonstrates thoughtful reflection; consistently includes insights, observations, and\/or examples in all responses, following or exceeding response length guidelines.\tDemonstrates thoughtful reflection; includes multiple insights, observations, and\/or examples, following response length guidelines.\tPrimarily demonstrates thoughtful reflection, but some responses are lacking in detail or insight; primarily follows response length guidelines.\tShows limited reflection; the majority of responses are lacking in detail or insight, with some questions left unanswered or falling short of response length guidelines.\tNo reflection responses are present.
\nD. Requirements
\nThe following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:<\/p>\n
Composition must be 6-8 pages (approximately 1500-2000 words, not including your references or reflection question responses).
\nDouble-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
\nUse a readable 12-point font.
\nAll writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
\nComposition must be original and written for this assignment.
\nUse of generative chatbot artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard) in place of original writing is strictly prohibited for this assignment.
\nPlagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
\nSubmission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
\nInclude all of the assignment components in a single file.
\nAcceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.
\nYour annotated bibliography must be graded before your research essay draft will be accepted.
\nE. Additional Resources
\nThe following resources will be helpful to you as you work on this assignment:<\/p>\n
Purdue Online Writing Lab\u2032s APA Formatting and Style Guide
\nThis site includes a comprehensive overview of APA style, as well as individual pages with guidelines for specific citation types.
\nFrequently Asked Questions About APA Style
\nThis page on the official APA website addresses common questions related to APA formatting. The \u2033References,\u2033 \u2033Punctuation,\u2033 and \u2033Grammar and Writing Style\u2033 sections will be the most useful to your work in this course.
\nAPA Style: Quick Answers\u2014References
\nThis page on the official APA Style website provides numerous examples of reference list formatting for various source types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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