The topic: The negative and positive affects of anxiety caused by social media in todays generation
1) Identify the Problem
What is the problem, issue, or question you are addressing?
Who or what is involved in the issue?
What are the causes?
What are the various sides of the issue?
2) Analyze the Effects
Who or what is affected?
What is the extent of the effects?
3) Propose a Solution
Show how to improve the problem
Or
Show how the problem needs to be viewed, appreciated and understood
Toulmin Method: This is an approach to crafting an argument without falling into bias or false reasoning. It serves as a check system so mistakes are avoided while building the argument.
Claim: the central idea of the argument (thesis)
Grounds: verified facts and reasoning that prove the claim(thesis) to be correct
Warrant: the assumption (said or unsaid/explicit or implicit) that connects the grounds to the claim
Backing: a detail or secondary fact that supports the warrant
Qualifier: a word or phrase that supports the claim by showing your argument (claim) is not the absolute truth
Rebuttal: the counterargument shows another side(s) to your thesis, proving you are a fair and open researcher
TOULMIN EXAMPLE
Claim: The campus is safe to walk around at night
Grounds: Police and campus safety regularly patrol the campus physically and digitally
Warrant: police and campus safety have a duty to protect students
Backing: the other night campus safety promptly responded to and foiled an attempted break in
Qualifier: Campus is “ordinarily” safe to walk around at night
Rebuttal: police and campus safety cannot be everywhere, 1 week ago a student’s car was stolen
A working thesis for the above Toulmin Method might look like this:
Despite occasional issues, campus is ordinarily safe to walk around at night thanks to law enforcement’s vigilance.
Annotated Bibliography
5 Sources minimum (about 50% need to be scholarly)
In place of a works cited or reference page we will use an annotated bibliography
Each source in an annotated bibliography provides a works cited along with 2 short paragraphs.
First paragraph summarizing the source.
Second paragraph evaluating the source.
Each paragraph ranges from 2-4 sentences, so they are meant to be concise and well worded rather than detail oriented.
Scholarly Sources
1) Written or spoken by an expert
2) Reviewed by experts
To find scholarly sources:
Google Scholar
