The primary goal of this paper is to situate yourself within a social issue you are passionate about and focus on a specific aspect of that issue while advocating for change(the divide and difference in values in different communities) Present your research and evidence using a genre suitable for your audience. You will lightly persuade, but mostly present research and make an educated analysis of your chosen topic. Be sure to write with a specific target audience in mind, and to choose both a tone and style that will enforce your overall message.
For example: Let’s say you choose to write about race relations in the United States. You claim police constantly use an unnecessary amount of force when dealing with people of color and want this to change. You wouldn’t write a descriptive personal story or simply lay out hard facts/ research. You would speak from the heart to hook your reader in andestablish your agency. Then you’d use research and evidence to back up your factual statements advocating for a change in the way people of color are treated.
Please refer to the three readings we discussed in this unit (Joffe-Walt/ Spiegel, Staples, Horne) to shape your own paper. This paper is essentially a culmination of everything we’ve worked on this semester. A quality paper will utilize narrative, persuasive argument, research based writing, and will seamlessly incorporate another writer’s thoughts into your own.
You MUST incorporate 2-3 quotes (or co-thinker texts) in your own work. Use any of the 10 readings we’ve discussed in class, anything else in our textbook, or any credible sources you find on the internet. Make sure to format your quotes the same way as the last paper:
Your original writing/ introduce quote and name source
“QUOTE IN ITALICS”
Continue writing on why you chose this quote and how it supports your argument. Explain your reasoning behind incorporating this person’s work into your own.
Also, you must include a works cited page using MLA format. I will provide a link on BB to a citation generator. In-text citation is required as well. Make it abundantly clear where your quotes and research are coming from.
The MINIMUM length requirement is 4 double spaced pages.
Please follow MLA guidelines for this paper and format it accordingly. (1” margins, double spaced pages, 12 point TIMES NEW ROMAN font, page numbers at the top or bottom of the page, name at the top of page)
