Your paper must be:
Typed, 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, four to five pages, MLA format
You must include at least four sources on the Works Cited page. You also need to cite these sources internally.
If you choose to include charts, tables, graphs, etc., they need to be labeled and internally cited, and they need to be referred to within your paper.
Prompt: Write a four to five-page proposal essay that would solve a problem that you have identified. (See p. 326). NOTE: No gun control, drug, abortion, or death penalty topics.
Hint: Refer to pages 306-325 as you work through this paper.
Steps:
Brainstorm possible problems.
Conduct preliminary research to find out how many other people are affected by this problem, and who would be able to act on your proposed solution.
Determine how you would solve the problem, being sure to consider other possible solutions (i.e. counter arguments).
Through research, locate support for your proposal. (i.e. number of people affected, who can take action, advantages, disadvantages, has your suggestion been tried in another community/campus, etc.)
Take notes from your research, using whichever method is best for your learning style. Be sure to use quotation marks around exact quotes from the text. Also be sure to write down page numbers.
Organize your notes according to you your learning style (formal outline, working outline, etc.)
Write a rough draft for your paper. Bring to class on for a peer review.
After the peer review, edit and revise your paper.
Finalize your paper for submission.
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