Find Resources for an Argumentative Essay: Choose an Issue

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  From the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL):

  "The argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic, collect, generate, and evaluate evidence, and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner."

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  Gale Topic Finder

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  Not sure on a topic? Having trouble refining your ideas? Use the tiles in Gale's Topic Finder to refine or find a topic to start with! Articles will be shown on the right side of your screen that you can start with that align with these topics and ideas.

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  ProCon.org

  ProCon.org's mission is to promote "critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format." They research controversial and important issues, and they work to present them in a balanced, comprehensive, straightforward, and primarily pro-con format.