Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Paper #2

Problem-Solution Paper from a Rogerian view

Length: 5 full pages required, plus a Works Cited Page

Format: MLA

Audience: Academic

Goals:

Students will recall the various developmental writing methods and organizational structures and use Standard English guidelines to create a college level research paper.
Students will understand the audience and appropriate tone to create a persuasive and believable argument that avoids attacking the opposition but instead understands the opposition and aims for compromise.
Students will apply the rules of argumentation, including avoiding fallacies and bias.
Students will analyze the different sides of an issue in current events for understanding, evaluate two opposing claims and form a solution that would compromise between the two viewpoints.
Students will evaluate the relative worth of outside sources and their usefulness in the research and application to the arguments presented.
Students will compose a well-developed argumentative essay that integrates short quotes and summaries/paraphrases applying correct MLA documentation.

Assignment:

Your topic is a current problem in the world. After narrowing down your topic to a specific concern with the problem, your paper would then present two opposing viewpoints, then a compromise between the two viewpoints that would potentially solve the problem.

You may if you wish use the same issue that you explored in the first paper. However, remember that this is a separate paper and different assignment. Follow instructions for this paper closely. If you do use the same topic as the first paper, you will be able to condense and revise the first paper to fit only section IV of this paper. You will still have to conduct new research for the paper and write a considerable amount to cover the rest of the paper.

The major thesis for this paper will be the compromise solution that you develop between the two opposing viewpoints which will come near the end of your paper. However, before you get to this compromise, you must present the claim that each opposing side makes. These will be like mini versions of the thesis in the first paper that we wrote in the class.

The paper should have one cohesive voice and tone throughout despite looking at opposing viewpoints. You should not show bias toward any particular side of the argument. To use the Rogerian arrangement, you must be able to present both sides objectively. You are not trying to win the argument or convert people to agree with your views; you are trying to get two sides, those who agree with you and those who agree with your opponent, to compromise. You must avoid attacking language that would sound morally superior to your opponent.

You should not choose a topic that is so controversial that you will not be able to be objective about it, i.e. religion, abortion, right to life, etc. You want your topic to be one where there is a problem and a variety of solutions, possibly controversial. You should write your paper looking at two viewpoints (yours and your opponent’s) and try to find a solution you can both agree on.

Sources – You must have 6 sources total for this paper. The only requirements on the sources for this paper are a minimum of two scholarly journals and one book. The other three need to be valid academic sources. Still avoid encyclopedias and absolutely no Wikipedia.

You will be given a separate assignment called an Annotated Bibliography. This assignment will be based on the research that you conduct for this paper, but will be due at a different time and will account for 10% in addition to your final paper grade.

You will be given an outline for the structure of this paper which you should follow closely. See your lecture notes for this outline.
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