Posted: July 31st, 2015

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Essay 2: Research Essay • Choose a topic (controversy) that you are interested in. • Write an essay and not a report. • Don’t give me a “data dump.” • Explore the topic to find an answer (not with an answer already in mind). • Organize your essay around your own questions or ideas about the topic. • Your essay should be 5-7 pages in length (Works Cited page is additional to this page count). • You should have a central thesis or claim that represents your answer (even if it is a tentative answer) to the question you pose. • You should include at least one argument that opposes your view and show how you would refute that argument. • Use at least 5 sources. • 2 of these sources should be peer-reviewed sources. • Use MLA conventions. This includes the following: • Works Cited page • In-text parenthetical citations • Document formatting • Write for an audience of peers rather than experts on the topic. • Don’t expect that your audience knows anything about your topic.

Essay 2: Research Essay
•    Choose a topic (controversy) that you are interested in.
•    Write an essay and not a report.
o    Don’t give me a “data dump.”
o    Explore the topic to find an answer (not with an answer already in mind).
o    Organize your essay around your own questions or ideas about the topic.
•    Your essay should be 5-7 pages in length (Works Cited page is additional to this page count).
•    You should have a central thesis or claim that represents your answer (even if it is a tentative answer) to the question you pose.
•    You should include at least one argument that opposes your view and show how you would refute that argument.
•    Use at least 5 sources.
o    2 of these sources should be peer-reviewed sources.
•    Use MLA conventions.  This includes the following:
o    Works Cited page
o    In-text parenthetical citations
o    Document formatting
•    Write for an audience of peers rather than experts on the topic.
o    Don’t expect that your audience knows anything about your topic.