{"id":1009,"date":"2023-03-15T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/your-english-composition-eng-101-1022-spring-2023\/?page_id=1009"},"modified":"2023-04-20T09:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:24:32","slug":"argumentative-essay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/your-english-composition-eng-101-1022-spring-2023\/argumentative-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Argumentative Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Why are you constructing and presenting an argument?<\/strong> We are surrounded by arguments. This is why much of the work you do as a college student requires you to read and construct arguments. Think about it: even a toilet paper ad argues that \u201cyou deserve a little luxury in your life, and so does your bottom.\u201d Since you are pursuing your undergraduate studies at BMCC, you probably believe that college education is valuable. As a mechanical engineer, you may have to convince a sponsor that the machine you designed is safe and efficient. In your social life, you may disagree with a friend who thinks that \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d is the best TV show ever made. All of those positions are arguable\u2014we can agree or disagree with them and present reasons and evidence to support our position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For this assignment, you are asked to research, summarize, evaluate, and synthesize three sources in order to present your own compelling argument. Those are skills that you will likely use in any profession you might eventually pursue, as well as in your personal life. And since in real life you present arguments to real people, I ask that for this assignment <strong>you direct your argument to a specific individual\/ audience. <\/strong>This can be a politician, an author, a celebrity, a Facebook group, anyone you\u2019d like to convince to think or to do something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The 3 sources are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWe should all be feminists\u201d by Chimamanda Adichie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cStop Fem-Splaining: What \u2018Women Against Feminism\u2019 Gets Right\u201d by Cathy Young<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>+ Your source on this topic accessed via BMCC database<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Product: <\/strong>present your argument to your audience in writing, in a format that you think is best. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A newspaper article<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a letter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a speech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The final draft should be 5 pages long + a works cited page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The usual MLA guidelines apply: the draft should be submitted on Blackboard, as a Microsoft Word attachment, typed in font 12 Times New Roman, and double-spaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Suggested structure:<\/mark> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Intro: hook, background info on topic, your thesis\/ argument + address your audience <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 1: topic sentence about thesis of source 1 + introduce source 1 + brief summary of source 1 + your analysis including at least 1 quote <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 2: topic sentence about thesis of source 2 + introduce source 2 + brief summary of source 2 + your analysis including at least 1 quote <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 3: topic sentence about thesis of source 3 + introduce source 3 + brief summary of source 3 + your analysis including at least 1 quote <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body paragraph 4: opposing viewpoint + your refutation and analysis (if not previously included)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Conclusion: restate thesis, sum up essay, add so what? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">OR <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">break each body paragraph into two (summary and analysis separate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 1: summary 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 2: summary 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 3: summary 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 4: synthesis of sources + analysis <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 5: synthesis of sources + analysis <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Body par 6: opposing viewpoint + your refutation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Conclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Due date:<\/strong> <strong>Tuesday, April 25<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are you constructing and presenting an argument? 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