As mentioned in your assignment instructions, be sure the final draft of your argumentative essay is a minimum of 3-5 pages long.
Requirements
Your Unit 4 Researched Argumentative Essay final draft should be revised, using the peer reviews from your classmates and the feedback from your instructor. This can include addressing areas where organization, support from sources, or quality of writing led to confusion. It can also include addressing any feedback on the need to further develop your content, your citations, or other aspects of the work.
Grading Criteria
Your ability to communicate a thesis: in this case a clear, arguable claim, framed as a statement that answers a question or questions about your topic;
On the development and support of the main ideas in your paragraphs, including the use of properly introduced, contextualized, and analyzed textual evidence from your sources;
On the organization of your work, and how effectively you have structured your information;
On the clarity of your writing, and whether any errors of grammar or spelling, or places where the writing is awkward, remain after revision;
On your use of full and correct MLA document and citation formatting for all quoted, summarized, or paraphrased source materials;
On whether you have successfully addressed any aspects of the work that were confusing or needed further development in your rough draft.
Submissions
Your final draft must:
Be in MLA document format, complete with running header, block header, and appropriate font, indentation, and line spacing.
