Hello there,
I need a rough draft of a position argument for an essay on gun control. I am required to submit it for peer review. My stance on the topic is anti-gun control.
Below are the guidelines for the essay.
Compose a position argument on a significant problem (or issue) and direct your argument to a specific audience. Whether you are taking a stand on a personal experience, a newsworthy situation, or a lifestyle, educational, or religious belief, provide a vivid description of the issue so that your audience can appreciate the significance of the problem and understand your position (or claim). Your description should reveal the importance of the issue to you as well as its effect on your audience. Your clear position on the issue should appear in your thesis statement. Support your thesis with reasons that are themselves supported by specific details, examples, and anecdotes. As you draft your position argument, be sure to acknowledge and address any concerns or beliefs that oppose your own.
A position argument is not just your opinion. It is a carefully constructed point of view based on reasons and evidence. Bring your supporting reasons to life with research through detailed, credible evidence and examples, whether personal anecdotes, statistics, or other details.
Because you want your audience to consider seriously your position, conduct research to see what evidence your opposition uses. Acknowledging the values and beliefs of your audience helps you establish common ground. In doing so, you make clear that you respect and understand you audience—and hope they will try to understand you as you work to persuade them to change their attitudes or actions.
You will utilize elements pathos, and ethos. As you are considering the elements of your rhetorical situation, you will also want to consider whether your audience is supportive, wavering, or hostile. For this essay, we will be pre-writing, identifying a thesis, using library databases to find evidence, outlining, writing a rough draft, peer reviewing, and completing a final draft of 750-1000 words in length. Your essay will include the following format:
One inch margins
Typed and double-spaced
Heading is double-spaced on the left side of the page (includes name, my name, class, and date)
Upper right hand corner has your last name and the page number (EX: Dewey 1)
Font is Times New Roman, size 12
Title is original and is centered one line under heading
One paraphrase, three direct quotes, and one summary
An introduction, three support paragraphs, at least one counterargument paragraph and refutation, and a conclusion
A Works Cited page with at least three sources
I hope you will be able to help me with this paper.
Thank you so much for your time!
