Good evening,
Please see the instructions below: Must use APA citation 7th edition. Please keep each Parts separately.
*Part I: Argument Research Essay Proposal
1. Based on your current favorite choice for a topic/debate within the course theme announcement, answer the following:
Selected topic for the assignment: **Race and Ethnicity:**
– **Prompt:** Argue how acknowledging and embracing one’s racial and ethnic identity contributes to personal growth and a more inclusive society.
Please state thesis statement and topic sentences
A. State your stance within the debate you chose, without using “I.” (1 sentence)
B. Why is your stance a good one for an argument research essay? (at least 3 sentences)
C. Who might disagree with your stance and why? (at least 3 sentences)
D. Who do you imagine your audience will be? (at least 2 sentences)
II. In a full paragraph of 7-9 sentences, and without performing any research, please note what you already understand about the debate and what you do not already understand about the debate:
III. Shortly, you will begin scholarly research in the library. This research will help you find opposing viewpoints (sources that disagree with you) and supporting viewpoints (sources that agree with you), as well as information to fill in missing gaps in knowledge you may have. With all three of these goals in mind, please list five possible search phrases you might use when you begin searching in the library.
• After reviewing the Module materials, what questions do you have?
• How are you feeling about writing a full 4–5-page Argument Research Essay at this point?
• What is the greatest challenge of writing your introduction? How will you capture/draw in your audience? Are you struggling with your thesis?
• How will you approach your first body paragraph? How will you incorporate your resource material?
• When using resources, what approach will you take–quotation, paraphrase, summary? Why will you select this method over the others?
• Are you having trouble with your in-text citation? What resources will you use to help? What questions do you have about citing a resource in the body of your work?
• How will you balance your voice with resource material? Are you having trouble with a clear topic sentence?
• Is it difficult to write a conclusion before finishing your essay? How will thinking about the end of your essay help you when writing the paragraphs? How is it helpful to write the introduction and conclusion at the same time?
• How will you make your conclusion powerful? What are you struggling with regarding conclusion writing?
• What questions do you have? How will you begin?
*Part II: introduction paragraph, full body paragraph, conclusion paragraph
Selected topic: **Race and Ethnicity:**
– **Prompt:** Argue how acknowledging and embracing one’s racial and ethnic identity
contributes to personal growth and a more inclusive society
1. Begin by creating an APA formatted title page for this assignment, as seen in the Sample Argument Research Essay.
2. Using the sample, create an introduction paragraph, with an attention-grabber, background information, and thesis statement based on the stance written in the proposal. Please review the edapt concepts from and the introduction paragraph in the Sample Argument Research Essay to understand how to write a strong introduction paragraph.
3. Write one full body paragraph with at least one resource. Begin with a transition and topic sentence. Your paragraph content will vary based on where it will go in your essay. You might begin with additional background information if needed or develop one point to prove your thesis. You might write one of your opposition and rebuttal body paragraphs. Again, the structure of your essay and topic will guide your body paragraphs’ content. Review the edapt lesson on outlining an argument . Also, look at the first body paragraph in the Sample Argument Research Essay to help.
4. Compose your conclusion paragraph. It should offer an overview of the essay’s thesis without repeating it, followed by an impactful look at how the topic and argument fit into a bigger context..
5. Include a Reference Page and proper APA citations. Create a properly formatted APA reference page (outside source more than 5 years) including all scholarly resources used in the assignment. Provide in-text citations and parentheticals within the assignment to cite resource information. Again, use the Sample Argument Research Essay to understand the required formatting. Also, see the APA handbook for information on writing references and in-text citations properly.
*Part III: Argument Research Essay
• Effective structure, including your introduction paragraph, your body paragraphs, and your conclusion paragraph
• Use of third-person throughout. Focus on the topic, not on you nor on the essay. In other words: no first-person “I,” and no referring to the essay, such as “In this essay.”
• At least 4 scholarly sources visibly used, cited, and referenced
• Refer to the full Argument Research Essay Rubric
